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“Describe the grandparents' old competence coming back out of storage.”

Why this question

The nappy folded in seconds. The wind technique from 1987. The lullaby you suddenly remembered from the inside.

Where it leads

Those hands have done this before. What did watching them teach you — about babies, and about your own childhood?

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