When the Tantrum Meets the Tide
Every parent knows the moment. My friend Sarah describes her three-year-old, Eli, standing ankle-deep at Wrightsville Beach last summer, screaming at the Atlantic Ocean to...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 2.
Every parent knows the moment. My friend Sarah describes her three-year-old, Eli, standing ankle-deep at Wrightsville Beach last summer, screaming at the Atlantic Ocean to stop. A wave had knocked over his sandcastle — a lopsided tower he'd spent twenty minutes building — and Eli was furious. He stomped. He pointed his finger at the surf and shouted, "No! You stop right now!"…
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