NEW BEGINNINGS

Have you ever heard about your parents’ first years together or first time striking out in the world? In this season of weddings and graduations and new beginnings, it is interesting to consider how some things are different—it is much easier today to stay in touch with old friends after moving to a new city!—and how some things are exactly the same, like that feeling of being overwhelmed and alone that can accompany a move. Learning about my parents’ experience in moving to a new state after my dad finished college—a move that was really difficult for my mom—was one of the most insightful parts of her life story: