Thank you everyone for sending your lists our way. We hope you enjoy this week’s curated presentation of “Gems We’ve Learned from our Kids.”

Okay, 2-minute "Inter Mission" everyone.We're psyched to introduce a new idea to this blog: music playing in the "lobby" here every Wednesday during Inter Mission (thanks Lisa Coughlin for leading the way). Two options...

 So much can happen in a week.I was reminded that you don’t always need to know where you’re going before you take your first step.

Don't forget to check out this week's mission: ATM: Always Trust Magic. The powers that be here at WBEZ tell me that what a new blog (like this) really needs right out of the gate is a little buzz, some swirling-about-the-internet, check-this-out chatter.

I do most of my writing at a coffeehouse in the neighborhood. I sit at the same table, same chair, facing the same direction. When I look up from my computer, I look straight out the window to an ATM across the street; that's my view.

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Amy creates and posts a new "mission" each week, and waits for the world to chime in. Missions are always interactive, always easily doable, and always excruciatingly earnest."This content is really resonating with people from all over the country.