Parenting: The Young Adult Years
No one is more shocked than me that I have an 18-year-old and a 20-year-old. They're both in college. I love seeing them grow into the amazing human beings they have become and having a front-row seat to their evolution is my favorite thing. We are inundated with a plethora of information every single day and I am fascinated with what our brains choose to retain. Even more fascinating is how that information chooses to show up exactly when you need it. Years ago I discovered Bassey Ikpi on these here internets. I remembered her from Def Poetry and was happy to follow her thoughts on Twitter and Facebook. Her writing grips your whole soul no matter the subject. She described her bipolar disorder in such a way that I took notice. She made it such a real thing and gave it a human face. Because of her, I gave time to stories I read about any mental illness and didn't see it as a thing anymore. I thought the purpose of my discovery was just to have another magical bla