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  • Angels on Earth magazine

    kids & angels

    Jun 25, 2019 4 minutes
    ILLUSTRATION BY KIRSTEN ULVE

    My High-Minded Grandson

    lean sheets on the bed? Check. Kid-friendly cereal? Check. Night-light in the bathroom? Check. I let out a sigh of relief. My husband and I had hosted our grandchildren for the weekend before, but this was different. It would be a weekend of firsts: the first time our youngest grandchild, four-year-old Trevor, spent the weekend with us. The first time Trevor spent the night away from his parents. The first time we hosted one of our grandchildren since moving 150 miles away from them. It was that last part that really made me nervous. If something happened, we would be almost three

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