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I was hunched over a pile https://www.bing.com/maps?q=Kids+and+Baby+Furniture+Warehouse&cp=43.7825~-79.488611&lvl=16&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027 of wood samples on the floor of the showroom, the fluorescent lights making the pale maple look almost clinical, while outside it was pouring rain and College Street traffic was doing its usual crawl. My umbrella had given up at 2:15 p.m., which I only noticed when a salesman handed me a coffee and said, "Rough day?" I laughed because w

I was hunched over the stroller in the parking lot, mittened hands fumbling with the canopy while a construction truck idled behind me and someone shouted directions in a thick Toronto accent. It was 3:15 p.m., drizzle coming sideways off the Gardiner, and I had exactly 45 minutes before daycare pickup. I remember thinking, not for the first time that week, that shopping for baby furniture should not feel like planning a move. But inside the warehouse on that grimy Thursday

I was mid-squat in front of a display dresser when the saleswoman asked if I wanted the extended warranty. Outside, Queen Street traffic honked like an impatient drumline, and a cold November rain tapped the showroom windows. I said, without thinking, "Can I get back to you?" And for once the lie felt honest. The day started poorly. Bloor-Yorkville felt like a maze of delivery trucks and umbrella umbrellas. I had a list scribbled on a subway napkin: Baby & Kids Furniture