Do you believe in magic? The Oldest is 8 and a half, an age where many kids stop believing in “childish” things like the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the like. But he still does. Christmas Eve and tonight were two nights that he simply couldn’t get into bed fast enough, for fear that the magic would pass the house by should he stay up too late. (The Youngest, being not quite 4, still believes whole-heartedly, too, and was quite anxious to know if the Tooth Fairy was going to see his new Batman pajamas tonight when they came to get his brother’s tooth.) Maybe it’s the autism, maybe no one at school has ruined it for him yet, but he still believes. Whatever it is, I can’t help but marvel at how lucky we are that they still believe in magic... Kids grow up too fast these days. We all have grown up too fast in these days. We have lost our sense of wonder and awe in the magical and mysterious things of this world. We have become cynical and jaded, keeping an eye out for the catch at the end of the line we are being fed. But tonight, as I quietly slip in to my sons’ room and make the quick, and hopefully unnoticed, exchange of a dollar for a baby tooth, I am awash in awe of the innocence of wonder and magic. May your new year be filled with awe, wonder, and magic.
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