Mom’s Second Job

By Gowan Bush.   It was always lovely when her son came home during those breaks from college. Yet another benefit was that Luke was a tech wizard. Not exactly a nerd, but he knew his stuff. She asked him to buy her the latest webcam along with a headset and microphone attached to it. Even though her equipment was still new, she reasoned to him that as a lawyer, she needed to interact with her clients online using the

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Mardis Gras Mom

By Misty Chikan.   Can the entire trajectory of one’s life pivot on the most trivial of events? Logan, my son, a junior in high school, was wrestling for the state championship. He and his opponent, Ryan Jones, a senior, had met in the finals the year before; my son had lost. Since then both boys had moved up a weight class and were now wrestling at 188 pounds. Logan was comfortably ahead on points. Aware that time was running

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