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Christine D'Arrigo (once Mary)'s avatar

YES! Here's to freedom. You articulated so much of what I've been feeling as my daughter prepares to launch (nearby) and so many are wondering why we are both (me especially) not devastated. Like because we did a fabulous job of living through ten years of mostly trauma we should be forever consigned to 24/7 togetherness. Both beyond excited for a new chapter.

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Tara Calihman's avatar

I love this and feel like my ambition only really started to kick in after I had my son. Perhaps it was wanting to model for him that it's never too late to try something new, or to fail at something and pivot, or even, dare I say it, to succeed. He knows that his mother is planning ahead because I continue to take classes, attempt scary things, and sign up for different sporting teams (at my age! Gasp!). I can only hope that he also inherits my love (and pursuit) of freedom.

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