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It’s never been a race for me, and numbers just weren’t a thing. But now, in my fragile state, it all seems different

That’s how helicopter parents have daughters who are free-range parents and granddaughters who are back to helicoptering

After a five-hour surgery to remove seven millimeters of bone from his mouth, my son’s jaw had been wired tightly shut

They’re full of remorse. Yet sometimes it’s too late for remorse

The one question everyone, and I mean strangers-on-a-train everyone, would ask: “Soooo, how does he sleeeep?”

There is no laundry that needs to get done, no appointments to keep. And no dishes in the sink that need to be washed   I visit my daughter and her family. I sit on a couch that I don’t have to clean, close to children I don’t have to dress, and I open a