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I grew up in early 2000s Los Angeles, which is to say I grew up believing it was the center of the universe. Loading audio narration… Not metaphorically — literally. Everything sparkly seemed to happen there: movies, fame, ambition, reinvention. Even failure felt cinematic.For over a decade, I assumed this…

Time is a thief. When each of my four children was born, I thought they would be little forever. The baby and toddler years are so all-consuming that it seems like they will never end. But I learned, quickly, that the axiom that the days are long but the years…