Cat, I so deeply love your writing. Thank you for sharing it with us! My favorite part of this one was was "In order to be alive, with some success, you must have a sense of humor. It changes the day from something strange and terrifying into something that is ours. Teach a kid there is power in navigating through life with lightness. If you don’t know this power yet, they will teach it to you."
As a fellow nanny in Chicago, I teared up reading this. Absolutely true, all of it. The only tricky part about making up songs on the spot is that I will inevitably be asked to repeat the song later on, and I have to try to remember what I made up. Still a great tip, though!
Cat, I so deeply love your writing. Thank you for sharing it with us! My favorite part of this one was was "In order to be alive, with some success, you must have a sense of humor. It changes the day from something strange and terrifying into something that is ours. Teach a kid there is power in navigating through life with lightness. If you don’t know this power yet, they will teach it to you."
Thank you, Louisa <3
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As a fellow nanny in Chicago, I teared up reading this. Absolutely true, all of it. The only tricky part about making up songs on the spot is that I will inevitably be asked to repeat the song later on, and I have to try to remember what I made up. Still a great tip, though!