Completely unsurprised that Dear Daughter did her own thing in her essay. That contrarian streak and her strongly held beliefs in justice and equality will serve her so well as she enters this next phase of her life. ❤️❤️
My daughter graduated from high school this past Friday and the countdown til she’s away for college begins! Only an hour and a half from me but still strange. Congratulations to your daughter and to you for helping her through :)
I love the concept of publication being a time capsule. I think as a reader we know logically there’s a lot time between draft and publication but I guess it’s hard to grasp just how long things take and how much went on behind the scenes. Congratulations on the “soon” to be released novel.
I have a 5yo about to graduate Kindergarten and it already makes me teary thinking about how hard it will be to watch him graduate high school. Sending you love! If you could rewrite graduation without the airhorns - how would you make it meaningful?
Oh gosh, every stage is so bittersweet! I think I cried more at preschool graduations than any of them. I think there are so many ways to make graduation meaningful. The hard part is the sheer size of some classes. Doing away with trite speeches could help. At my son's 8th-grade promotion, each student was honored with a quick (few-line) speech about what made them special. Not a dry eye in the house. Good luck surviving the kindergarten graduation. It's such a great age.
Completely unsurprised that Dear Daughter did her own thing in her essay. That contrarian streak and her strongly held beliefs in justice and equality will serve her so well as she enters this next phase of her life. ❤️❤️
My daughter graduated from high school this past Friday and the countdown til she’s away for college begins! Only an hour and a half from me but still strange. Congratulations to your daughter and to you for helping her through :)
I love the concept of publication being a time capsule. I think as a reader we know logically there’s a lot time between draft and publication but I guess it’s hard to grasp just how long things take and how much went on behind the scenes. Congratulations on the “soon” to be released novel.
I have a 5yo about to graduate Kindergarten and it already makes me teary thinking about how hard it will be to watch him graduate high school. Sending you love! If you could rewrite graduation without the airhorns - how would you make it meaningful?
Oh gosh, every stage is so bittersweet! I think I cried more at preschool graduations than any of them. I think there are so many ways to make graduation meaningful. The hard part is the sheer size of some classes. Doing away with trite speeches could help. At my son's 8th-grade promotion, each student was honored with a quick (few-line) speech about what made them special. Not a dry eye in the house. Good luck surviving the kindergarten graduation. It's such a great age.