This morning when I was walking him to school, Tage turned to me and asked, “When you wake up in the morning, do you think about the things that happened last night or the things that will happen today?”

I told him I thought a little bit about both, I suppose, but probably more about what will happen today. He said he thought mostly about last night.

I’ve been musing about this off and on all day today, and I do think that, overall, he’s more one to reflect than to anticipate. It’s fascinating to me that he’s so self-aware in that regard, even if he doesn’t exactly think of it in the terms I’ve chosen.