You Don't Have Enough Words for How You Feel

“No, no no!!!” my toddler shouts as she dumps her plate of pasta onto the floor.

“What’s wrong?” I ask.

“I’m mad!” she says. “The water made me mad.”

Her water cup is sitting there on the table untouched. I’m about to ask her what she’s talking about until I notice the wet sleeve of her shirt. “Oh, you have water on your sleeve. Does that feel uncomfortabl…