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Melissa Musick Nussbaum, February 7, 2018| National Catholic Reporter
What I’m thinking about in these days before Ash Wednesday is how most of what I have learned about a right relationship with God has come from taking care of small children. These days the smallest child in my care is 13 months old. We have had a standing date each Tuesday since last August as her mother goes off to teach.