I don’t know if I can picture my kids as anything other than the ages that they are. What will they be like in two years or as teenagers? Some mothers in the PTA claim that they can see it. They know that their son will be a gallery-worthy photographer, that their daughter has a knack for entrepreneurship. But I don’t even want to try; I like the surprise of it. I want to meet them new every day. When they come home from school—telling me about some new thing they love, or revealing a vitriol or consideration or caution I have never seen in them before—I resist the urge to shake their hand,
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