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Elise LaChapelle

Feb 16

4 min read

The Fun Part Of Parenting

Sooner or later, we all discover the real reasons we wanted kids.

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Not long after I started my two daughters in swim lessons, I was sitting in the pool’s observation area with my four-year-old on my lap watching my two-year-old practicing kicks with her instructor when the dad next to me struck up a conversation.

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