Tissues for Mommy
Zoe knows I’m a sentimental mama who is prone to tearing up when reading certain stories. It made sense, then, that in the middle of my reading The Giving Tree to her and Avery last night, she stopped me, ran to her dresser and emerged holding two tissues. “Here, Mommy,” she said, “for the sad part.” I had totally forgotten how sad the book’s ending is (let’s just say the tissues came in handy!), and I was touched by the gesture.
-M