Alyssa Bankus

“I thought back over the past few months, trying to recall the last time I’d attended a practice with her, but failing. Once, I’d been there every Thursday night without fail, but when her friends started joining her team, there’d been carpools and changes of plans, and eventually, I’d been traded out for the dance moms whose entire lives revolved around their children’s dance careers. Somehow, until that moment, I’d never realized it. That’s how it happens, isn’t it? It’s one tiny change of plan. The first time your child doesn’t want you to hold them. The last time they ask you to play with them.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Amendment