Goodkin

Joel, my much younger man, turns 33 this week. Even Joel is surprised he is so old—he Facebooked that he “doesn’t believe it” (sure Joel when you said my turning 40 was no big deal). No one else thinks he’s old. I had a friend this week remark how much muscle he had—and another friend text me to tell me how wonderful he was—and another friend was totally impressed that he is so much younger than me (not sure if he was impressed with me or impressed with Joel). But, what happens when Joel, himself, suddenly thinks he is old?

Lucy is either the baby of the family—and spoiled by her big sisters—OR an only child—and spoiled by everyone else (while her sisters are at their dad’s). She is especially spoiled by our sweet friend Mai. The last time Mai came over, she brought a box of cookies. Mai tried to nicely teach Lucy to share her cookie. But Lucy, in her toddler wisdom, did not want to. Lucy also wanted to take one bite of a cookie, put it back in the box, and then start on a new cookie. And repeat.