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"Baby, can you hear me now?"
He looks up, nods. His hair is sweaty and ruffled at his temples, and I want to smooth it but I don’t.
"We will do this together. TOGETHER. I need you to trust me. I am on your side. If there is a way on earth, I will find it. Do you understand?"
He
holds my gaze for a few seconds, then nods and drops his eyes. Behind
him through the back windshield, I see another man come out of a side
door, another woman guiding him with a hand at his elbow."I love you."
"I love you, too, Mommy." Defeated. Deflated. Asea.
He does not look at me again.
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Hi:
I have been writing a column called Parenting in a Nutshell for the past ten years. It is syndicated in about 90 newspapers nationwide through Gannett News Service, owners of USA Today.
If you google my name or the term Parenting in a Nutshell, you’ll see some of my columns.
COuld you please find another name for your website.
Thanks, DOreen Nagle
Parenting in a Nutshell