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When I was 16, my social living teacher at Berkeley High School had us write letters to ourselves. She told…
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When I was 16, my social living teacher at Berkeley High School had us write letters to ourselves. She told…
Continue ReadingThere is a time that lives in my heart that feels like it’s straight out of a Star Wars intro.…
Continue ReadingShe used to wear cat shirts and mismatched socks and silly pants. But this is 15. Now she’s up early…
Continue ReadingWe stand together silently in the short line at 7:58 a.m. Next to me, my almost-teenage son scuffles his feet…
Continue ReadingI wasn’t prepared for this time in our life together. I wasn’t given enough warning on how I would be…
Continue ReadingI sat at the bus stop the other day, waiting for my freshman son to come home from school. As…
Continue ReadingThere’s a scene in the movie Almost Famous where a writer is staring out the window of a bus contemplating…
Continue ReadingLast week, I did some spring cleaning in the naive hope that it would help prompt the actual season to…
Continue ReadingMy overstuffed mom purse bumps into elbows and racks as I shepherd another dress into the fitting room. Nothing is…
Continue ReadingLucy wears tall riding boots and a helmet that looks like a bonnet when it’s hot out. Her hair is…
Continue ReadingWhen you were almost two years old, we were driving home from the library and a song that used to…
Continue ReadingIf you are the mom of a high school senior, you probably have mixed feelings about graduation. All the moms…
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