February 14, 2025

Cutting Up a Slice of Mango for My Kid at Breakfast

On love.

I can’t protect him from all this, I know. So, what then?

With the big chef’s knife, I peeled us both a mango, going slowly so I wouldn’t lose too much of the fruit, and I cut a little slice for him, chopping it into tiny pieces so he could eat it by himself, off his fingers and his spoon.