Lean in, sweet girl in the trenches of the teen years. This is for you. You: the one beginning to relate to your mom as a friend, the one beginning to wear makeup, the one navigating womanhood, the one striving to discern between friendships and extracurricular activities. I know. It feels so complicated. I was […]
A Girl and Her Dad
When I was a little girl, my Dad would drive me to my ballet lessons while my mom stayed home with my baby brother. He would wait outside in his pick-up truck or would pick me up inside. We’d drive home. For thirteen years, my Dad sat outside my ballet schools with a newspaper after […]
