The Beautiful, Brutal Fade
We want our kids to grow up well. So why does it hurt so much when they do?
Our oldest son, Lincoln, participated in a junior lifeguards program this summer. Down at Strands Beach in Dana Point, each morning he pulled on his wetsuit and hoisted his backpack before we descended a hundred stairs to the ocean’s edge and another half-mile to the lifeguard tents.
The first day, he didn’t know a soul. I walked with him to the gatherin…
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