What Made Me Cry. Hint: It’s Not Just Graduation

Our amazing children work their way through twelve years of school; they participate in sports, in academic clubs, in service organizations. They make friends and navigate the ups and downs of relationships of every kind. They make decisions on their summer jobs, social lives, and future professions. They are capable, and we know this beyond the shadow of a doubt, because we, their mothers, have made it our mission in life to raise them.

We’ve made countless decisions on their behalf, using...