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One Call Away

A Saturday futsal trip and a catchy song prompt a reflection on family, connection, and the reassurance of being one call away.

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I piled the 8-year-olds into our trusty Honda Pilot for the 7:30 a.m. run to their Saturday futsal (soccer) game and backed out of the drive. I took a sip of coffee—hoping it would magically turn the cold and gray January weather to 70 and sunny.

It didn’t work.

I glanced in the rearview mirror. The always irrepressible twins were chatting happily about the lives of their stuffed animals—and everything that had already happened to them this morning. I smiled. That felt better.