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Four is a pretty good age

Jean
Jan 07, 2026
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I was in the queue at the bagel shop when M broke her collarbone. She wasn’t at the bagel store. She was at a neighbor’s house. Our neighbor texted me: M fell and hurt her shoulder. I’m going to bring her back, and I knew that was unusual, because M is four, and of course she falls all the time, often at the home of our neighbors, and it doesn’t require…

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