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Flashback Friday

Flashback Friday — Life After High School

How quickly time has flown.

A year ago we were awash in a sea of emotions as Catherine graduated from high school.

"I'm going to graduation, but first let me take a selfie."

“I’m going to graduation, but first let me take a selfie.”

Today we are reduced to

  • 12 weeks of sidestepping piles of dorm gear stuffed in every corner of the living room and den while they await their return to Hofstra in August
  • a reverse transition as we all get used to living together again
  • watching a certain person temporarily cede a level of freedom to which she’d become accustomed — and come to understand there is no revolving buffet of food choices here on Halsey Drive
  • complicated gyrations around who is using which of our two cars when

Happy summer!

About Terri S. Vanech

Wife, mother, communications specialist, Jazzercise instructor and recently reunited adoptee. I'm living out loud -- and trying to make it all work -- in midlife. Having a sense of humor sure helps.

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2 thoughts on “Flashback Friday — Life After High School

  1. And, don’t forget the extra loads of wash. 🙂 Just don’t look in the corners and enjoy your summer with your beautiful young adult daughter.

    Posted by Judy @ NewEnglandGardenAndThread | June 19, 2015, 6:54 pm

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