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I wasn’t supposed to go alone.My 21-year-old daughter and I had planned to travel to the Turks & Caicos together for a hotel’s grand reopening. To heighten the fun, we were going to do a nostalgia trip by recreating photos from earlier visits. I even downloaded the old photos to…
I showed my daughter a video of her gnawing on a chicken claw, back when we lived in China. “Eww,” she says, annoyed that I’m asking her to look away from Roblox.”Do you remember this?” I ask. She shakes her head. Another memory lost.My daughter doesn’t remember much about the…
My daughter Cameran was an easy baby and an even easier child. She slept through the night and often carried a book at daycare, even while she was playing. Books held special meaning for both of us. As a toddler, she’d back into my lap and say, “Read a book,”…
Last month, I was opening a cardboard box full of graduation robes. It was a normal service day of mothers helping out for the upcoming event. The room was filled with women making sure life goes as planned.And then there was me, suddenly drenched in sweat as I tried to…
For most of my life, I thought I hated all sports. My current quest to go to the World Cup doesn’t make sense to most people who know me. Yet, I am feverishly searching for World Cup tickets that won’t require me to take out a second mortgage on my…
My daughter was four months into her freshman year of college when I realized she had never asked me for any money.I’d paid for Sarina’s housing, meal plan, and books, and put $100 on her account for laundry and incidentals at the beginning of the year. But that was it.It…
When my oldest daughter left for college, I felt blindsided — like I somehow prepared her to be independent without preparing myself. As the mom of two teenagers, I still had a high schooler at home, but other than rides to school or friends’ houses, she didn’t seem to need…
Recently, I saw a TikTok video by a mom about her trinket daughter. She panned over her 5-year-old’s collections of tiny treasures all across her bedroom. Loading audio narration… It could have been my daughter’s room. Or let’s be honest, my entire house right now. My daughter has been a…
My teenage daughter and I recently moved to Ireland after living in Germany and Spain for 12 years. Loading audio narration… I grew up in Ireland, but I wanted my daughter to experience other cultures. So, when I was offered a job in Berlin, I jumped at the chance.Now that…
When I was in high school, I spent my summers working at the mall, stopping strangers to convince them to take surveys, working a cash register, and waitressing. The work was dull and boring. Loading audio narration… Nevertheless, I picked up extra shifts when I could, saving most of my…
