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This Feels Like the Losing Team

“I don’t like stew anymore, Mom.”

“What? You do like stew. You helped me cook it.”

“No, I don’t.”

DAILY SNACK

“I don’t like stew anymore, Mom.”

“What? You do like stew. You helped me cook it.”

“No, I don’t.”

“Okay, but if you eat most of your stew then you can have a cookie.”

Fast forward past much arm-twisting and cajoling

And a satisfactory amount of stew has been consumed.

I give the boy his cookie.

“Mom, I’ve decided that I would like a cookie and a Halloween candy for dessert.”

Sigh.

So I gave it to him.

By Rebecca Cuneo Keenan

Rebecca Cuneo Keenan is a writer who lives in Toronto with her husband and three children.