Dear Alex, Happy 21st Birthday! Typing this feels unbelievable as it is inherently American to believe that a person is a true and complete adult when he reaches the age of 21. (Of course, us mamas like to hold onto the fact that your prefrontal cortex wont fully develop for another four to five years, which means, thankfully, that you will still need us.) And yet there has been tremendous growth over this past year. When you turned 20, I was intimately involved in the day-to-day aspects of your life. It was a privilege to talk to you daily about general nonsense aka "stuff and things". The reality was that the daily check ins were a necessity to combat my own fears, to make sure I was doing my job as a parent to help you grow into a healthy and content adult. I am still here, a year later, to catch you if you fall, however you have learned the skills, you have the skills to catch yourself. So far there hasn't been a stumble, or maybe ther...
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