We’ve left it open for you, so you don’t even need one of those little keys. Because writing is life, and keeping it real means forgoing the line between the personal and the professional.
You Heard It Here First!
You may recall talk of my memoir in newsletters past. You might remember the viral Today.com article that got at the heart of what I was trying to accomplish with the project, or the piece that followed.
To catch you up, acknowledgment of poor-decision making is part of life, especially during a teenager’s pre-frontal lobe development. Amnesty Day allows children to retain their self-esteem amidst inevitable failures, while also encouraging parents to take a step back to consider how they want to react, and to discover how a crisis can be an opportunity to strengthen familial bonds.
And now it’s going to be a book. I won’t pretend to have been a flawless parent, I promise. But I will hold on to hope that each generation can move closer to emotional health and functionality. And that the manuscript is done on time!
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