Every day as a mother and teacher is a visceral reminder of how surreal childhood actually is. I collect and illustrate the things kids say and write so that we may all keep that odd wonder inside us.
Wildhood
“John and Mary had never met.
They were like two hummingbirds,
who had also never met.”
“The tiger in the cage is intangible.”
“She floated down the stairs the way a cannon ball wouldn’t.”