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In December, I got an email from a professor asking if any students were interested in coaching basketball teams for the YMCA near our school. I won’t say that I jumped at the opportunity, but I thought about it for a while and decided that it sounded like something that I would be able to squeeze into my schedule and that I’d really enjoy being a part of. So in January, I began spending 2 hours a week with a bunch of 7 and 8 year old girls.  Read more >

There are some things you might not know about my mom. She was the valedictorian of kindergarten. And junior high. And high school.  And she graduated with some Latin suffix from college too. She is the middle out of five children. She has two daughters and three step-daughters. She yells "fuck a duck" when she drops heavy things on her feet (she denies this). She swears like a sailor when she makes pie crusts (she denies this too, see a pattern?). She cleans when she's mad. She can spell better than I will ever be able to dream of. And she is the best mom in the world.  Read more >