Finding my game at midlife
First day of school photo Yesterday I took my last "first day of school" photo. I have thirty-nine such photos, thirteen of each child. I've stashed them in various places around my house or on the hard drive of my computer. But yesterday's was the last one. The final picture I would take of my ... [Continue Reading]
Today my last child takes his last SAT. He took it earlier this year, and conventional wisdom suggests taking it a second time can help you improve your scores, but you need to be careful about giving the appearance on your college applications that you've taken it "too many" times. Meaning you ... [Continue Reading]
Driving home after dropping my son at school last week, I stopped to let five girls on rollerblades cross the street. With bike helmets and new backpacks, they joined other kids and parents making their way on foot, bike or stroller towards the elementary school near our house. A mom with a ... [Continue Reading]
We took them to the airport early yesterday morning, each on a flight to the East Coast but leaving within twenty minutes of the other one. He's going back for sophomore year, and she's doing a freshman backpacking trip before orientation starts next weekend. The shopping's done, the bags are ... [Continue Reading]
"Mom, when are we going to start packing for college?" Not that my daughter hasn't already started. In some ways I think she began five years ago, but she started in earnest about the time she turned in her matriculation forms. She has assembled a packing list so impressive she probably could ... [Continue Reading]
