The Broken Vase
When my son was a toddler, we accompanied a friend on a visit to one of her friends. We were in the neighborhood, and it was one of those spontaneous decisions, a drop-in visit that you would only consider doing with somebody whom you have a close relationship. She graciously welcomed us into her beautifully decorated home, and I quickly surveyed the room for potential disasters at the tiny hands of my inquisitive little boy. I think they call that intuition, but every mother
