When my second child was perhaps five
she would present me with “which would
you rather?” Such as, being eaten by a
hungry grizzly bear, or having my hand
nailed to a board with black widow spiders
swarming on it? I would answer I really
didn’t want either! She would reply,
“Yes, but what would you rather?”
2025 Jacqueline Jackson
This article appears in December 11-17, 2025.
