the sleppys

Yesterday morning, as I was sitting in the sun with Kendall, Ty was riding his bike around the driveway and sidewalk. He was wearing the shoes that he had learned to tie. He had a gap in his mouth due to the tooth that had fallen out. That was the first time that I saw him as a real KID. Not as a preschooler or small child. But as a toothless, dirty, smiling, running, curious Kindergartener. It’s like he passed through a portal into a different realm and can never go back. He’s still Ty who likes to play with trains. But he’s a Ty who wants to pour his own juice and fold his own clothes.

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