
Paralyzing Panic
My son cannot cross the street without me. He is no toddler. The kid is 13 years old. Thirteen. And he cannot cross the street alone. It sounds ridiculous and yet this is my invented reality. A reality that might make you laugh before realizing you are the only one with a smile. You see, it's summer and my firstborn is too old for kid camps apparently (though I swear he was just in a crib last week). And so the guy is bored out of his mind, wandering the house in a bathr