Slices Of Life

By: Jill Pertler

We all started out in the same way. As babies. But what would it be like to go back?

Imagine being a baby.

I’ve thought about this a few times, while watching my grands navigate their way through this world. I imagine myself in their tiny tottering shoes - or bodies, so to speak.

And I realize, with what I know now, it wouldn’t be easy to be a baby again. The dust bunnies themselves could prove formidable.

But beyond that, living a toddler-sized life on an adult-sized planet might be frustrating. And intimidating. Overwhelming. And scary.

Babies are helpless, powerless, weak a...