The First Day
I don’t remember my first day of school. But I won’t forget my daughter’s.
It’s tomorrow. I feel like I’ve been emotionally putting off all the things I should be feeling. I’m still feeling them. I’m just not swimming in them. I’m welcoming distractions and filling the weekends with unreflective nonsense, chasing food trucks and stopping for every busker. I’ve been coasting but also doing everything that needed to be done to get ready…