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A few mornings ago, my daughter texted me from upstairs in her bedroom while I was downstairs making my coffee. “Do you have time to make me some scrambled eggs your new way?” she asked. “Of course, I ...

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Last summer, my daughter walked into our family room one evening and sat beside me. Ever since my brain tumor, I have struggled with a loss of identity. (Photo courtesy of KC Thompson) “Mom, we need ...

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My kids both played high level competitive sports through their entire youth. My son started at six, playing at least two sports simultaneously all year round. Sometimes three. They often overlapped, ...

When my daughter started her college search, I joked that there were three parts to the college admissions process: the visiting, the applying, and the leaving. We found the first part, the visiting, ...

The summer going into my senior year of high school, I decided to apply to colleges. And by “I decided,” I mean I waited until the last minute and quickly scrambled together some applications. Whether ...

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A few years ago at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, one of the school’s deans greeted a group of incoming freshmen with this question: “How many of you know exactly what you want to major in here ...