"Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters."
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
Much like the first go-around with pregnancies, we went back and forth between homes. I took care of the little ones for the most part, though Evan and Colin both took joy in the task.
Addie had become more powerful than I had ever imagined she would be. She had my power to make things happen, but she had no idea of the consequences. She would want to watch a favorite cartoon or show during naptime, but I would tell her no and turn it off. I would walk down the hall and hear the television turn back on. Addie would still be in her crib and the remote on the shelf, but she had managed to "wish" the TV back on.
I shook my head and said, "Addie, you mustn't use your powers so indiscrim
