Drew Downs

Tag: play

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    The Missing Word: how to not say No

    My daughter wrapped me around her finger before she could grab things and twist them. Before she could even see more than two feet in front of her face. She lights up my world when she greets me at the door and when I pick her up from school. For her, I argue with the…

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    A Happy Birthday

    It is a real blessing to have a family and another year to spend with them. For my birthday, we’re playing with trains. Today, to celebrate the day I and many others were born, I want to give to you a share of my happiness. And, in the immortal words of Bill and Ted, Be…

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    playing cards

    As I climbed into the car, my daughter told me that she and her Nana were “playing cards” in the backseat.  After a minute, I realized it was a modified version of “Go Fish”. “Do you have some 2’s?” she asks her Nana as I pull out of the parking lot. “Sophia, do you have…