“Mom, could I have this backpack?
It’s really cool!” I heard a child say the other day.
I was feeling nostalgic watching kids check their school supply lists and load crayons, pencils and notebooks into their parents’ carts at a retail store.
When my kids were young, I enjoyed our back-to-school supply “scavenger hunts,” which usually required trips to a couple of stores. Eventually, I talked my kids…