Challenging
Explaining to Madeline why we gave the man at the grocery store money for a flower, who he was, if the flower was real or not, if it should be kept outside or in, if she should put it in her hair, where America was, what the word veteran meant, and why the old man was at the grocery store to begin with if he was fighting in the war.
Patience
For all of Maxwell’s little pain-in-the-arse antics, he knows what “stay” means, as he patiently waited nearby while I photographed cookies for a Pillsbury job.
Sweet
Said cookies. Mint Buttercream Sandwich Cookies….