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Anita Young's avatar

I love the last line...."the older I get, the more I value sitting in silence on a wooden bench, watching sunlight and flickering leaf-cast shadows play across the wrinkled trunk of a tree." Sometimes that's all you need.

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Jayson Young's avatar

Amen. Maybe even most of the time.

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Lucas Mangum's avatar

I am a big fan of silence. And 1990s superhero cartoons. :)

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Taegan MacLean's avatar

Incredible work. Adding this as one of my favs of yours.

And yeah, the YouTube struggle is rough. It takes a lot of effort to convince my daughter to watch anything other than CocoMelon right now.

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Jayson Young's avatar

Thank you, Taegan. Always appreciate you taking the time to read and comment.

I remember the CocoMelon era in my own daughter's life. Your mileage may vary, but once I introduced Bluey into her life, CocoMelon (and YouTube in general) fell by the wayside, and we never looked back. Good luck! (Bluey is genuinely lovely.)

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