“One afternoon, I read Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar to her. She loved that the caterpillar ate his way through all the fruit of the week. After the caterpillar formed a cocoon, I turned the page, and she was astounded that he had become a butterfly. It was my turn to have my eyes opened wide. I was watching my 90-year-old mother transformed into a small child full of marvel and wonder at God’s creation (Matt. 18:3). She was hearing these stories as if she were a toddler, seemingly for the very first time […]”