-Calvin- I thought it was hard when I first found Katya and didn’t know what to do with a baby. I thought it was hard when Atticus was born, and he wouldn’t sleep unless he were held. I thought it was hard when Oscar was born, and then Jane and we were outnumbered by strong willed kids. No. I was wrong. All of that was simple compared to having teenagers. I like that the kids are old enough to hold actual conversations. They understand what we’re saying, and it’s nice that they’re whole human beings. But they also make their own decisions, and that is hell some days. “I’m not going to live in a tent again,” Katya yells. Ada rolls her eyes. The two of them are exactly the same, and neither of them can see it. “You are. This is alpha training.” “I can go to the other training.

