We are having breakfast and take a card from the kletspot on the table. We sometimes do. The question we get to chat about is, “Name three words that describe you.” We’re doing a round. When it’s my turn, I describe myself as sweet, serious and honest, to which Meike (7) asks: “Why not actually caring?” A very nice one, I think and I ask her what caring really is. “Well, that you always worry about us.”
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A version of this article also appeared in the March 4, 2023 newspaper