It was a long drive for the college tour- four hours on the way there, and 3.5 on the way back. I thought I was going to be super tired for the drive home, but I wasn’t. I was thinking how lucky I was that I got to spend the day with my kid- even … Continue reading Stay Gold
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Sing It Anyway
I used to be afraid of teenagers. That was before I knew any. It was also before I was a mom. But honestly, even when I first became a mom, I was still a little afraid of teenagers. My favorite author, Fredrik Backman’s newest novel, My Friends, begins like this: “Louisa is a teenager, the … Continue reading Sing It Anyway
There’s Only This
It was 12:25 am and I was sitting in a line of cars in a quiet neighborhood. I was driving the carpool home, waiting for the kids to come out from their cast party. They’d just performed their closing show of the high school version of RENT, their fifth show in nine days. Half the … Continue reading There’s Only This
Gretchen L. Mulroy 