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How This Dad Really Went the Distance for His Daughter

One dad gives new meaning to the concept of going the distance for our kids. Julio Cesar Segura drove a total of 1,152 miles to celebrate his daughter, Diana’s 19th birthday. She is currently studying Aerospace Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Dad and daughter always eat lunch on her birthday The father-daughter…

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How This Dad Really Goes the Distance for His Daughter

One dad gives new meaning to the concept of going the distance for our kids. Julio Cesar Segura drove a total of 1,152 miles to celebrate his daughter, Diana’s 19th birthday. She is currently studying Aerospace Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Dad and daughter always eat lunch on her birthday The father-daughter…

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I’m a High School Junior: 11 Promises I Make to the Seniors of 2020

Dear 2020 Seniors, I know this is not the senior year you had planned for. I know this is not the senior year you had hoped for. I know this is not the senior year everyone prepared you to have, with their stories and their memories–the ones that made you even more excited than you…

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What It Feels Like to Be a Quaranteenager With a Boyfriend You Can’t See

Growing up, Disney Channel was my life. I loved watching the romantic comedies where the girl always got the guy, or how he became everything to her. I always promised myself that I would never let everything become about a boy. Now, look where we are. Hi, I’m Zoey. A fourteen year old, self-obsessed, “moody…

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Head of School Tells Parents to Let Their Teens be Bored

As we do our part to confront the continuing global health crisis, we are all experiencing emotions ranging from anxiety, fear, frustration and loneliness to despair. We may also be bored. More than a few parents have heard the words “I’m bored” uttered by their children while they – perhaps silently – concur and then quickly…

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I Don’t Shower and Do My Makeup For Others—I Do It For Me

Every day since we have been mandated to stay at home, I’ve gotten up and taken a shower. It was strange at first. I’d be standing over my sink applying mascara and blowing my hair out wondering why I was putting in the effort. I’d ask myself why I was doing this when I felt…

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This Is What Graduation Really Looked Like for the Class of 2020

Things were just a little different this year. You graduated with masks. You had drive-through graduations. You socially distanced, and we thank you for helping to keep us safe. But some things, the most important things, remained the same. You made grandma proud. You achieved academically-big time. You kicked up your heels, and threw your…

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When This 7-Year Old Found Out His Babysitter’s Prom Was Cancelled, He Gave Her One

Rachel Chapman has been a babysitter for 7-year-old Curtis for over a year. She is currently a high school senior and like the rest of her class, she will not be celebrating in-person prom, graduation or the bevy of other senior end-of-year ceremonies. When Curtis realized that Rachel’s senior prom was cancelled, he decided that he…

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The Class of 2020 Has Learned Never To Take Anything for Granted

May 23,1980 was my high school graduation day. After rehearsing for the ceremony, making sure our caps and gowns were pressed and ready-to-go, and generally making a nuisance of ourselves, we retreated to a classmate’s home for a party and some pre-ceremony celebrating.  We were stunned when one of my high school classmates died By…

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The “Mom Bags” My Mother Sends Me are Full of Love

My mom will stop at nothing to get “the mom bag” to me. My husband and I went to drive-in church this Sunday with our little country congregation, which includes my parents. Members park their cars, windows up, facing the church carport, and one person at a time (the pastor, a singer, one worship leader,…

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