(Photo credits Barbara Hayes) For The Moms Cheers to the Moms who befriended me And here’s to the Moms who persuaded me And upended my notion That volunteering required too much devotion A devotion I soon learned Was willingly given and joyfully earned I was new to the scene And didn’t know what it would … Continue reading For The Moms
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Stay Gold
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
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 