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A Letter To Parents Leaving Their Kids At College

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A Letter To Parents Leaving Their Kids At College

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Jennifer Wolfe, a writer-teacher-mom, is dedicated to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary moments of life by thinking deeply, loving fiercely, and teaching audaciously. Read her stories on her blog, mamawolfe at jenniferwolfe.net.
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Dear moms and dads, People ask me what it’s like to leave your baby at college; they say they can’t imagine the time when their now-little child will leave them. In the middle of naps and Cheerio snacks and sippy cups, they can’t envision ever having their child not hanging all over them. As they […]

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Autumnal Resolutions and A Quest for Perfection

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I’ve never really left school. Well, that’s not exactly true. I did take a gap year between college and earning my teaching credential. And then there was that one year after Cameron was born – the only year in the last 14 – that I haven’t stood in front of 13-year-olds on a first day […]

Change: The Only Constant In Life

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Change: The Only Constant In Life

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“The important things is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.” ~Charles Du Bos So here’s to change: to submitting college applications, to new schools and teams, to forging new friendships, and contemplating what could come next. Change. The only constant in life. A life […]

Travel with mamawolfe: Cementing Friendships in Nicaragua

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Travel with mamawolfe: Cementing Friendships in Nicaragua

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The first day in Nicaragua is often a blur. Between the red eye flight, the road travel from the airport to Managua, and then arrival at the Seeds of Learning Resource Center midday, it’s hard for me to tell the date or time. All I know is I’m feeling a strange blend of exhausion and […]

Unlocking Her Personal Code For College

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Unlocking Her Personal Code For College

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It’s February….the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, the birds are chirping, and…the mailbox is overflowing with college recruitment letters? Her weeks are spent in a juggling act between school, skiing, and a social life.  Training on snow four days a week requires discipline and dedication, not to mention time management.  Student first, athlete […]