Giving Up Goals

A rude awakening leads to a kind awakening.

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This morning I awoke to my preschooler shining a flashlight directly in my eyes. “Mommy, there’s something behind you,” he whispered urgently. In my half-asleep confusion I ran through several mental calculations: was a spider on the wall? A bat? It was pitch dark, besides the headlamp, and the city was quiet outside my …