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7 or 8 years ago, @Sonari and I were chatting in the @NPR garage after work. I was either about to have my first kid, or she was a baby. Our exchange changed my life. He told me Toni Morrison once said that parents' faces should light up when their kids walk into a room (1/4)
I sat in traffic on N. Capitol St with @Sonari's words sitting in my head. When I got home I googled something like "Toni Morrison children face light" and found it. She had said it to @Oprah: (2/4)
That parking garage moment changed me as a parent and person. I try to act on it every day. Some days go better than others. Especially in these last many months. I've always meant to say thank you and have started an email or tweet more than once and have not finished it (3/4)
Fixing that now. Thank you, @Sonari. This has been with me all these years, and means even more during this pandemic where my kids, who have been remote learning the whole time, are walking into a room a lot. I think about the face they're met with and because of you, it softens.
