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I wonder whether I’m in the Fall Season of my life, but don’t Google it as I don’t want to know-know. If life = 100 years, I’m entering the super-early beginning of my Fall season. I don’t recalculate the math if life = 86 years, or 92, 79, or tomorrow. I don’t bother with other […]

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The first time I held my son, I felt a profound sense of honor. I was terrified, of course, and starving, as I hadn’t eaten in 30 hours. I marveled at his tiny face, and knew that zero years old was my favorite age. Nothing could ever compare to this moment, right? Except, well, moments […]

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Some days, I don’t feel like I have a lot of fight left in me. I’m tired, overwhelmed, and it’s hard to know how much difference it makes to sign petitions, attend meetings, call state representatives, or marching for the future in Washington, DC. Last year, I swallowed Tucker’s hugely reduced special ed support hours […]

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Today, we waited. I’m the opposite of good and patient when it comes to waiting for big things. For anything, really. I get twitchy and itchy, and my mind goes to terrible places. I can’t help but visualize each far-off, not-even-a-percent-of-a-percent likely to happen “what-if” scenarios. Then, as if I control fate with my thoughts, […]

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The first day back to school means a fresh start, sharp pencils, and the promise of leaves crunching underfoot in current 80 degree weather. It’s saying goodbye to last year and to babies who are no longer babies. It’s happiness, and grief for moments gone by. It’s  wondering whether summer vacation was memorable enough. The […]

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Now and again, each of us is a hero. It’s in small, in-the-moment acts, like paying for a person behind us in line. It’s in big more-planned things, like volunteering at places that break our hearts because it’s not fair that privilege and circumstance are the only things that stand between us being the volunteer […]

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