With the boy fighting a cold, my mom and I took the girl out to the park. As she climbed the play structures, I walked a few loops around the perimeter to get my daily two miles in for cardio.
I had forgotten my headphones so I was listening to my podcast on the phone’s speaker.
On the third loop at the other side of the park from the playpen I heard a giggle over the noise, looked up, and saw my girl running across the lawn.
She had decided to chase down her dad, and I’d recognize that laugh anywhere I heard it, whether I was expecting it or not.