The four of us headed out after dinner this evening to make a final visit to our local Borders bookstore. We spent the first 20 minutes or so looking at, and loading up on, kids books. After we had exhausted their wish lists, Cat looked at me and said, “Mom, you are getting all of these books for us, but what about you?”

Touched by her concern and thoughtfulness, I smiled and said, “I’m sure there is something here I ‘need.’ You and Tate stay with Dad and I will go wander around and try to find something.”

As I started to walk away, Cat yelled in my direction, “You really should start in the  parenting section. There are a lot of books here you need.”