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Alleke teaches her brother about monsters
Watch Alleke terrorize her little brother on Vimeo.
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Interview with Alleke about Monsters
Parental discretion is advised. I wouldn’t want my sweet little daughter to corrupt your innocent children. Watch Monsters on Vimeo.
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Guacamole
Alleke sat at the edge of the couch in her pajamas and retched into a mop bucket while I held back her hair. When she finished, she laid her head on her pillow and smiled weakly. “I’m so happy,” she said. “Now I can eat guacamole.”
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Farm
“What’s this?” I asked, taking a letter out of Alleke’s backpack. I opened it and read the first few lines. “Alleke,” I said, looking up from the letter, “your class is taking a field trip to the farm.” Alleke clapped her hands and started her victory lap around the living room until Grandma caught her [...]
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Joke
“Your daughter has an interesting theory about breastmilk,” Warren said as we sat in a friend’s living room and ate Chinese food out of plastic containers. A few days earlier Warren had volunteered to watch Alleke and a few of her friends, which had entertainment value in itself because Warren doesn’t have kids, and if [...]
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Lord’s Prayer
Watch Alleke go for the record for fastest reciting of the Lord’s prayer—junior division, of course. I clocked her at 15 seconds flat on my phone.
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Hero
Photo by Jeffrey Beall. I set down the suitcase and took the envelope out of my back pocket. On the front was handwritten, “Room #526.” I was studying the arrow signs pointing down two long carpeted hallways when April and Alleke rolled up next to me with their suitcases. “Oh no,” April said. “What?” I [...]
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