Balancing Act: Amid the Marie Kondo tidying-up craze, the beauty of making space for a 52-year-old receipt

I'm making a point lately of asking my parents more about life before my brother and I came along.

I wish this had occurred to me a decade or so ago, but for whatever reason, it did not. Now, as I round the bend toward 45 and, through lived experiences both lovely and sorrowful, gain both a deep appreciation for