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Apr 24
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Countdown to the Bittersweet Send-Off

Peoples Media, This Is So Awkward
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It’s simultaneously wonderful and worrying to launch a kid. The most common denominator question is a version of this: Are they going to be ok when they leave us? We hope – and wonder – if we’ve taught them enough to be out in the world. Christina Geist spent her oldest child’s senior year of high school compiling those life lessons in Before You Fly Away. H ... Show More
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