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It’s two Sundays before Thanksgiving; that’s what the calendar says: Mid-November. We’ve had a full week and a half—first Halloween, and then two celebrations for Greta’s 13th birthday last week—one small and quiet the day of, and then a raucous, joy-filled night of ten teens invading every corner or our quiet world with their energy, their nuance, their opinion, and light.
Young people are so fabulous. (These words feel both natural and strange—aren’t we “young people”?)
This isn’t the space or time to write about how it all feels, grieving the little kid years while simultaneously celebrating the growth and beauty before me. And yet, I