Today I witnessed the most precious interaction between a mother and child at the library. Mama was balancing an infant in one arm and a handful of books in the other, when her preschooler asked, “Mama, why does it get dark at night?”
That amazing, amazing woman set her books down, repositioned her infant, and shined her eyes upon her daughter’s inquisitive face. And then she carefully explained, in the best simplest words, that the earth turns away from the sun each evening, and toward the sun in the morning.
I watched out of the corner of my eye, and admired her skill, her patience, her eloquence. What a beautiful moment. What a beautiful Mama.
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