The Toy I Can't Seem To Part With

When Norah was 3, she gave me this Dora compass before I left for a trip. She looked up at me with the softest eyes and said with the upmost sincerity, “Take this incase you get’a lost.” I remember being young and feeling rushed and ready to get out the door to catch my flight, and Norah’s simple gesture stopped me dead in my tracks.