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Conversations with Jessica
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On the Importance of Having a Skill Set
We are driving around running errands. Jessica is listening to me sigh as the traffic is funneled down to one lane and goes slowly. Me: They’re doing so much road construction! Maybe they should finish one project before they start another, you know? Jess: They are building bridges in Kansas City. I saw them with…
On the complications of living
Someone I know has to meet the woman who destroyed her family and is now the stepmother to her children, and put on a smiling face to do it. Her ex wants her to stop in and say hello when she comes by to pick up the kids one day, and she said she knows it’s going to be…
On the importance of the moon
I’m singing along with a song on the radio as I am inclined to do no matter how much Jessica asks me not to. “That is a song about the moon,” she says suddenly. She has always had a particular fascination with the moon. I don’t know why. It has always been like an old…
On Owning Your Decisions
The other day I got an email from school saying Jessica had randomly been selected to participate in a group discussion about how the school could better support students and asking me to give permission to allow her to do so. Since this is the kind of thing I leave entirely up to Jessica, I…
On Not Being Normal
“I’m not normal,” Jessica says matter-of-factly. “I am not like other children.” We are at Wheatfield’s, having a snack. This is one of her favorite places to ambush me with questions about why her life is the way it is. You’d think I’d get a clue and start saying, No, not Wheatfield’s! But I don’t….