“Can I have a little help here?”
There are certain books that are difficult for me to read, and one of them is The Giving Tree. By the time I finished reading it to Avery one recent night, I was a blubbering mess – and Avery sweetly tried to make me feel better by rubbing my arm and telling me that it was okay, that the tree was happy… Her efforts weren’t really working, but I couldn’t help but laugh when she said to her sister (who had just walked in and hadn’t said anything), “Uh, Zoe, can I have a little help here?”
-M