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Akiva wondered if one day he, too, would be shutting down his kids’ creative ideas… in the name of being a Frankel

I am NOT spending Shabbos alone with Ma and Ta. I refuse

We share a snickerdoodle in silence; Libby makes no comment about fats and sugars, she just chews thoughtfully

Libby’s voice, so calm and methodical moments ago, was now high and tinged with something he refused to call anxiety

Akiva blinked. Was that the end of his pitch? He had cards in his pocket; he’d been practicing the whole flight here

I turn around slowly. This is not happening. Teachers are not using lunchtime to have PTA with my mother, are they?