Category: Transition
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Resolution
Thursday evening before school started, I got a call that Ivy’s transfer request got approved. I can hardly believe it! All summer we were in limbo. Did we expose ourselves by submitting a formal request to transfer Ivy? Will she be the one to suffer consequences either way? We are ready for a change. I…
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Fără WhatsApp
M-am plâns că fac parte din prea multe grupuri pe Whatsapp. Dar imi construisem deja o reziliență mentală să jonglez cu multe conversații și mă bucuram din plin de conectarea ușoară. Eram în toiul vacanței când am pierdut subit accesul la Whatsapp fără drept de apel în urma unui hack al unei pagini de Facebook.…
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Subject du jour
We go through all kinds of topics, and turn right back and go deeper still on some. When we exhaust an idea we move on and don’t look back. Talking with the girls is fun and exhausting and my favorite thing to do these days. One thing my parents did was give me general guidelines…
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Defiance
When the kids were little the girls would ask me for certain things that I usually said yes, and they asked Conrad certain other things that he usually said yes to. I would put them to bed because I would stay longer and answer more questions. He would let them play on the iPad certain…
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The vacation in between
It’s a hot week. Mom & dad left Europe, and we are waiting for Brian to arrive in Romania for a teen conference. Nearly three decades ago Brian and his team changed my life. And he has been the gift that kept on giving: Through poetry. Stories. Vulnerability. I’m still waiting to settle my memories…
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update on my social media
My Facebook got hacked (though a page I managed) and my birth date was changed. The account was locked because I was now in violation of their terms and conditions, due to age restrictions. I was ok loosing Facebook but the problem is that when Meta acquired WhatsApp, it linked my accounts, and now WhatsApp…
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Meta Identity
It’s easy to talk about identity from a safe place. At the age where I felt that who I am is settled and clear. Small adjustments can be made and are welcomed, but for the most part I stand on solid ground and I can see forever with clarity. Well, this year I have been…
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Why am I so invested?
I do care about my daughter. Her heart. Her feelings.I encourage her to be true to herselfAnd kind to others I listen and I get excited about this new chapterAnd I see her with new eyes I realize I feel ready to let her goTo explore her heartBut I feel the tug to remain closeTo…
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Glean
Glean (April 1st) I’m an intelectual hoarderExperiences that are difficultare valuablePain is inconsequentialJoy is a treat My daughter is going through a first romantic interestwith the boy next doorHe is also learning, growing, experimentingShy but determined And she is introspectiveBut she doesn’t fit the moldWill he have the patience, the courage to take her on?…
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Ne întoarcem mereu la conectare
Ii dau drumul liber și cu toată inima, cu încurajare si binecuvântare. Fiica mea cea mare care cred eu că mă simte, ca o privesc cu încântare și cu admirație. Devine. Ridica fruntea sus, își înfruntă cu eleganță si seninătate si demonii si fricile. Râde de ei și pășește dincolo. A fost un timp când…
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Trying to understand
It’s a trap. A trap of the mind. I’ve been in this labyrinth for some time now, more than I wished to be, and I realize I haven’t figured out fully or clearly why I feel a certain way. Until I let go of wanting to grasp the knowledge. The understanding. To have it all…
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Romance
Both girls giggle about boys. So innocent. Different boys come to the door ti invite them out to play. They gag when they see kissing in movies, but the interest in boys is in a stage of its own in their development. They try to play it cool but then they ask me stuff. And…