A young girl with long brown hair and blue eyes smiles gently at the camera. She is wearing a pink shirt and is illuminated by soft lighting that highlights her hair and face, with a blurred, natural background.

This Is the Life

by Charis Huenergardt
I’ve made a habit of listening when children speak. Charis is a little friend of mine who happens to be an aspiring writer. She’s nine years old and she’s a thinker. When she shared her first writing project with me, she wondered if anyone…