Yesterday, when I dropped off Lamb at school, I drove off with half an eye on her to make sure that masked and caped miscreants didn't abduct her between my car door and the school door. If you're a dad, you understand that.
But what really made me smile on that sunny Monday morning was that she broke into a skip as she headed for the door. That is such a little-girl thing to do that seems to break out when innocent happiness takes control of the mind and propagates out to the limbs.
It made me happy to see her core happiness expressing itself. I don't skip, of course. (And that isn't only because my foot is painfully swollen up with a mystery infection.)
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
