First Person: Love's Labor Won - Rhode Island Monthly

First Person: Love's Labor Won - Rhode Island Monthly

The author’s daughters, Shannon and Flannery, on their many explorations throughout Rhode Island. Photography courtesy of Mike Freeman Ten years ago, I walked our daughters into the North Kingstown Dave’s Marketplace. They were six and four. Flannery, our youngest, got out ahead. She loved the pizza and strode hard for it. Shannon, our oldest, was where she always was: on my shoulders. Nonverbal, she can walk but never gets far, so to keep her m…