The Lindbergh Nanny

by Mariah Fredericks

Americans are a primitive people. We are not a mature country. We lack discipline, have no strong sense of shared purpose or identity. Many people here simply … want without respect for others.

would like to grieve with her. But she is the mother. I am not.

is not the gangsters or the cars. It is the quiet, terrified people—angry because they are abandoned in this land of the free and home of the brave.

There is no use in crying. You don’t do it because it’s useful; you do it because you must. Because that’s all there is left to do.

Rather than soar above, you keep your feet on the ground, give kindness, and hope for the best.

know her life has not turned out as planned. But very few lives do.