on wanting help and not forgiveness

I must make a lot of lists, because list-making is a game my children frequently want to play. They rustle through the drawers in our dining room hutch for sheets of computer paper, journals, and pens. Then they work very hard: my daughter on making figures that look like letters, my son at writing a few words he’s learned (apples, rice, bananas). Most of the time, they’re crafting a grocery list.