Our daughter graduated a couple of weeks ago, and we couldn’t be prouder. Her graduate program literally started the following week after graduation, so she packed up her life and moved to another city, 635 miles away. As parents, watching her leave has been hard on both of us. But it has been an especially…

The monkey made it to high school. Tomorrow is his first day at a new school. Technically, it is summer school, but it is also so much more than that. It is his first day in a new building, with new teachers, new routines, and the beginning of his high school journey. His middle school…