Our Football Season Was Sidelined —And We Miss it So Much
As the summer begins to wind down and fall begins to knock gently on our door, I typically find myself in my happy place—not because of pumpkin…
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I’m the Mean Mom Whose Tweens Don’t Have Phones
I have three kids, ages 12, 11, and 9. None of them have a phone, but they claim all of their friends have had phones since second grade. They might…
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She’s a Teenager Now, But I Still Find Myself Watching Her
I probably took a million pictures of her . . . just this year. Or was it just this month. And I find myself just watching her. As I once did when I…
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Dear High School Freshman, It Wasn’t Supposed To Start Like This
This isn’t how it was supposed to be. I’ve pictured this moment, your first day of high school, since the instant I knew you existed. But…
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I’m the Parent of a Rising Senior and Refuse To Give Up on This Year
I am the parent of a 2021 senior, and I will not give up on this year. No doubt, my senior and I will grieve. We will cry. We will scream. We will…
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Dear 8th Graders, This Should Have Been Your Year Too
To my dear 8th graders: If someone had warned me that our school year would take such an uncharted and radical turn, I would never have believed it.…
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Our Kids Will Remember the Ones Who Kept the World Turning When Life Stopped
They’ll never say, “I’m glad my last orchestra concert was a Zoom meeting instead.” They’ll never say, “A car…
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Siblings Can Be Vastly Different—And Equally Wonderful
Charles Dickens’ words certainly resonated with me this year during last year’s surge of graduations. My oldest son graduated with a BFA…
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Sometimes Late Bloomers Just Need Time
I had a wretched evening. My middle school son and I battled over his schoolwork and I felt completely discouraged. The next morning, I went to a…
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So God Made a Senior
God looked down from heaven and wanted to give a gift to the world. He wanted to give the world someone poised at the end of one journey and the…
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