We hurried back from Adrienne’s Mother’s Day college graduation in North Carolina because less than a week later, Erica graduated from high school. (This wasn’t the original plan. Adrienne wasn’t supposed to graduate college until 2015. However, because of THIS, she was able to shave off her last year and graduate early.) The graduation ceremony was spectacular. Broadway… Read more »
Mother’s Day 2014 was extra-special because it was also college graduation day for Adrienne. It was so bizarre to me that exactly 22 years ago on the very same morning, I discovered I was pregnant with her. It was a miracle weekend. In the winter of her senior year of high school, months before she knew what college she would be… Read more »
When it came to selecting colleges, Erica just wasn’t feeling it. It was late September/early October and she really had no dream school or tingly feeling about going to any certain place. It wasn’t for lack of trying. We have been touring colleges since the girls can remember. Most of our tours weren’t official; we just visited whatever institutions just… Read more »
I sent my first baby off to college three years ago just a few months after her dad (who is also my husband…in this day of divorce I feel like I need to clarify; isn’t that sad?) was diagnosed with colon cancer. I have to admit that it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Here’s why: 1) … Read more »
Today’s post, “Cul de Sac Feminism and the Third Wave,” is brought to you by my daughter, Adrienne. She is a columnist for The Chronicle at Duke University. She writes about an experience she had in our neighborhood last week when she was home for spring break and how it made her realize there is a missing link in feminism… Read more »
