How To Wait Well
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It’s 8am. We’re all gathered in the mud room. Snow pants, boots, hats, and gloves fly out of the plastic storage bin, landing in heaps on the ceramic tile floor. We should have been in the car five minutes ago, but my oldest son can’t find one of his gloves. I wait, anxiously tapping my fingers. I can feel the tension rising like the first … “How To Wait Well”
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