“Can we use our iPads?” inquired a squeaky voice from the backseat. It was my 9-year old daughter.
Though my eyes were on the road driving north from our home in Connecticut to the mountains of Vermont, I could sense the question caught the attention of my 7-year old son. He awaited the answer with intense interest. Our copper-colored labradoodle puppy sat wedged between the two kids in the back seat of our undersized SUV, oblivious to the tension.
