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Rolled dough on a floured board with metal cookie cutters pressed into it

He Sat at the Tub for Forty Minutes and Nobody Needed Anything From Him

Five glowing carved jack-o'-lanterns lined up on wooden porch steps at night

He Is Twelve, Almost Six Feet Tall and Still Wants the Pillowcase

A girl lights a wooden kinara with three red, one black and three green candles while her family watches

Seven Candles, One Black, and a Six-Year-Old Who Wants to Know Why

A mother crouches beside her young son in a kitchen as he holds a tablet, with a wind-up timer on the counter

He Is Holding the New Tablet and It Says Installing Update

A father holding two coats while a boy and a girl look through picture books in a low library display by tall windows

The Thanksgiving Shelf Is Half Pilgrim Hats. Pick Around Them.

An adult in a gray knit sweater sits at a wooden kitchen table with two mugs and an empty chair opposite, in early light

The Form Is Open Now and Nobody Mentions When It Closes

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A toddler walks down a hallway toward the front door, coats hanging on hooks above

He Is Not Cold Yet, and That Is the Whole Problem

A quiet suburban street at dusk after rain with lit porches, pumpkins and string lights

The Skeleton in the Lawn Chair Was Not There Yesterday

A boy lifts a sofa cushion and his sister checks under the tree skirt on a Christmas clue hunt

The Riddle Was for the Ten-Year-Old. The Toddler Found Every Card.

A father reads his phone at a kitchen counter while his young daughter tugs the back of his shirt and looks up

The Second Robot Dog Arrives on the Twenty-Third

A mother and a teacher at a low classroom table, the teacher writing in an open workbook between them

Fifteen Minutes on a Very Small Chair, and Three Questions to Spend Them On

A father crouches on a doorstep to zip his young daughter's lilac coat, her star-print bag on the step beside them

She Asked From the Back Seat How Christmas Works Now

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A family reaches across a crowded dinner table full of dishes

Three Hours at the Table With the Grown-Ups

A grandfather and a young child setting up a wooden train set together on the floor

She Does Not Owe Anyone a Hug at the Door

Teenage boy in a striped apron rolls gingerbread dough on a floured counter while his father cuts shapes behind him

One Earbud In, Both Eyes on the Tree

A woman kneels in a front hallway holding a tablet with a checklist while a boy in a school sweater ties his shoes

Bedtime Was 7:45. Santa Is Still Moving Across the Map.

An adult's hands hold an open picture book on a blanketed lap beside a lit lamp

Halfway Through the Battle, She Asks About the Oil

Loose coins spilled beside a glass savings jar on a wooden table in warm window light

The Third Payment Comes Out Two Days Before Payday

Single-Parent Life