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The December wind swept through my little kitchen as four neighborhood kids barged in with red cheeks and mittened hands. They’d just finished shoveling snow

At the neighborhood’s spring picnic last month, I spotted two teenage cousins Ava with her earbuds in and Max with his soccer ball tucked under

There was a rainy Tuesday in late spring when I had three neighbor kids over after school muddy boots at the door, tiny backpacks scattered