After my beloved dog
Lucky passed away,
my daughter tried
to explain to her
four-year-old son
what had happened
in terms he might
understand.
“Remember that
baby bird we found
on the sidewalk the
other day?” she asked.
As the truth sank
in, Ian grew alarmed:“Lucky fell out of
a tree?”
—Laurie Navin
Lincoln, NebraskaA local lumberyard
was having an open
house, and my mother
really wanted to go.
Dad, though, had no
interest. After badger-
ing him with no luck,
she finally said, “If
you don’t go, I’ll beThe best gender-
reveal party I’ve ever
been to was the one
where I gave birth to
a baby.
—@2questionable“Sorry I’m late. Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I took the one less traveled by ...”46 april 2020 Cartoon by Harley Schwadron
LIFE
in these
United States