Adios Childhood

Kindergarten has been good for life-changing epiphanies. Among them is the vision I have of my childhood sinking farther and farther away into the ether. "Sammi, don't play with your food." "Pay attention!" "Hold that bowl with two hands!" "Put away your toys!" I don't even have children but the words I never thought I'd say are streaming out of my mouth with increasing regularity.

I'm both the gatekeeper and the keymaster to fun and punishment. I have so much control only because the children don't know that I have no real control over them at all.

I've walked through the looking glass...