Backseat bird watching


We were driving in the car one weekend last year when my then almost-four-year-old was unusually quiet. He was deep in thought about something, staring out the car window. 

“The birds don’t have to wear masks?” my son suddenly asked. He’d been watching the birds flying above, landing on walls and street lights as masked people walked by along the pavements.  

“No, they don’t,” I said. 

“They’re lucky,” he said. 

Shoo, this pandemic has flipped our world upside down. I typed this out months ago and saved it so that I wouldn't forget how a virus could make us question everything. 

Photo by Viktor Keri on Unsplash

P.S. You might enjoy reading The small things are the big things


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