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    Magnolia, Willow, and Pine

    Helpful forFriendship • Jealousy • Belonging

    Magnolia, Willow, and Pine

    Magnolia and Willow have always leaned toward each other in the clearing. Then Pine grows tall on the other side, and the wind starts shifting Willow that way too. Magnolia feels the ache of being a little less first, a little less central — and slowly learns that hurt feelings don't have to mean closing forever.

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    When a friend plays with someone else, it can ache — and that ache doesn't mean they stopped caring about you. There's room for more than one.

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    Jealousy isn't a character flaw — it's a signal of caring deeply. When we sit in the ache with a child instead of reassuring them out of it, they learn that hurt feelings don't have to mean closing the door forever.

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