our growing grammarian

Naturally, I had tears in my eyes yesterday when, on her way out the door to Sunday school with her nanny, Sage turned back and ran to her father, saying, "Dad, I haven't kissed you yet."

It wasn't just the heartwarming sentiment of the moment that had me all melting into a gooey pile of slush. It was:

Oh my God! Our daughter can conjugate!

Hey, it was a perfect moment in the present, but to a child born of writer parents, the past perfect is important, too.