Why I Don't Need My Kids to Fit In

I raise them to be comfortable with who they really are rather than trying to please a crowd of people who want them to be someone else.

I am writing to you from my front porch again. This seems to be my outdoor office this summer. I’m loving watching families with overstuffed wagons and sunblock pasted toddlers walk by, full of excitement for a day at the beach, and then, hours later watching them return tired, pink cheeked, and dragging knowing I will see them do it all again tomorrow.…