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This was fun until it started to seem like a political metaphor. Continue reading
Rainbow Ribbons
This isn’t a sight I would have imagined a year ago. Continue reading
The Home Stretch, Part 2: Climbin’ up the Mountain, Children!
Beth, North, and I engaged in some role reversal. Continue reading
The Home Stretch, Part 1: The More Important Thing
I’d have called the first section “Do-Gooders” and the second section “Smarty Pants” Continue reading
In Fair Verona, Where We Lay Our Scene
Free-range parenting versus helicopter parenting? Continue reading
Have Your Cake and Eat it, Too
I’ve been a parent exactly one-third of my life. Continue reading
Edge of Seventeen
I’m proud of him, as a student, a musician, and increasingly, as an active citizen. Continue reading
When April Has Showered Sweetly With His Rains
Then I remembered being a teenager and I wasn’t so surprised any more. Continue reading
We Are Headed South: College Tours, Installment #2
It was strange to think we were walking down paths she’d probably walked countless times. Continue reading
We Are Headed North: College Tours, Installment #1
It was like getting a fleeting glimpse of our little boy before we spent two days imagining our young man. Continue reading