kindergarten
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Lamentation for Songbirds
If the birds were first, other small things would surely follow, and we are the caretakers of small things.
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Sneaks’s Paintbrush
When you’re a kid no one expects you to know what you’re doing. No one is judging you. The advantage is you can be all in.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Heirlooms
The strings of our DNA mark us as one, but it’s the roots of our memories that bind us.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: There Are No Good Muslims
I say I am Catholic because it is easier than telling the truth.
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How to Make More Room
Nowadays I am amazed by my former self’s blend of optimism and delusion. I wonder how I got the idea that kindergarten was some magical threshold where children and parents smoothly separate.
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Ukemi, The Art of Receiving
In Japanese martial arts, the uke is the ‘receiver’ of the technique, the one who attempts to attack their sparring partner, the tori. The tori defends against the attack of the uke, who usually winds up on the floor after…
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BAD MOMMY: How to Get Your Child into School Without Showing Your Underwear
My first preschool tour was not a good experience. It was going okay until I realized I had dirty underwear balled into the leg of my pants. At first I thought the back of my leg was swollen, but then I…