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- Even the worst days on a summer family road trip can be the best
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It was a long game — giving birth to an almost 10-pound baby boy in March of 2000. Raising him (never have two words oversimplified any journey more) for 21+ years. Moving him to one college after high school graduation. Living with him through a pandemic. Helping him transfer to a better fit. Spending all my waning brain cells the past few weeks with an apartment spreadsheet and on FB marketplace working fo fill up his new digs.What would you do if the world was counting on you?Two days until pre-move apartment set-up. Three weeks until the real move to college. Packing has officially begun.For a variety of reasons, including COVID, we’re empty nesting a bit later than planned. So we’ve dabbled in this over the last few years. I am able to see this centering more than I can feel it. And I’ve always had my own things — my non-profit in Eastern Congo, solo travel to see friends every now and then, and my writing/editing career — even when empty nesting was an idea for old people I couldn’t even imagine.Back to this I guess. Unvaccinated people, just waiting on you to jump on up and save the rest of us from the delta variant. Tick tock.Also this follow-up to my IGTV. Because all your Mom-ing must fit around all their friend-ing.
Author Archives: Dawn McMullan
My multi-faceted writer’s life
I think math is unforgiving. I love words because of their gorgeous flexibility and magical growth into sentences and posts and chapters and books. I started freelancing in 1994, after the lifelong dream of a backpacking trip through Europe … Continue reading
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