It Takes a Village

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Definition: The idea that raising a child well depends not just on parents but on the whole surrounding community: teachers, coaches, neighbors, mentors, and friends.
Example: It really does take a village sometimes.

S2 · EP18A Village of Borrowed Fathers

Recording the day after his first Father’s Day, Tayvin reflects on what it really takes to raise a child, and the people who quietly show up to fill the gaps a family can’t fill alone.

S2 · EP42When, Oh When Will My Grill Come to Me

A church picnic at Rio Vista waits on a grill that was supposed to arrive at ten and shows up at ten forty. Two phrases for a deadline you barely make, and for the separate pieces that still become one day.

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