Full Circle

Elsewhere, I once wrote about how exciting it was to reclaim Thanksgiving.  After years of having that holiday dampened by college essays and then college papers and then grading papers and then grad school papers and then a dissertation, I have savored the freedom from "due dates" for the past four Thanksgivings.

It was good while it lasted.  Now, my kids have due dates.  It's a new era.  The party feels over.