[image error]My chest hurt.

It was late last week when I waslying in bed and looking over our girls’ Christmas lists. One request for “squishies.” Tworequests forAdidasSneaks. Three requests for(and three different spellings of) money. I love when they ask for what they want.ButI didn’t want to get any of it.

It all made me feel short of breath and stuffed by stuff. And it all made me feel like I was doing a bad job of, what did Plato preach?, teaching my peepsto desire the right things. Butwhat could I...