It's wonderful what you can find sometimes if you read authors' acknowledgments. At the end of hers in Bird by Bird, Lamott says: "Sam said to me the other day, 'I love you like 20 tyrannosauruses on 20 mountaintops,' and this is the exact same way in which I love him."
This puts tears in my eyes. I could never have a better experience in my life than my son saying something like that to me.
Small children have the fullest capacity for feeling and expressing themselves. I think I should channel my four-year-old self before I write another word of fiction. Hey, not a bad idea for a writing exercise!
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