This is Seventeen.

stories and snippets from the frontlines of age seventeen.

Child 1 (2024-25)

I asked her to describe the current state of seventeen in 3-5 words: “Exciting, stressful, fast-paced, emotional.” 20240917

I love the way she and her 14-year old brother bond and whisper and commiserate and yes, gossip together. They may not think of themselves as allies per se, but I’ve loved to see increasingly the ways in which she’s confident and comfortable enough to outright say: I agree with him and to support him. I mean, usually I’m on the losing end of that interaction, but still, I love to see the way she’s happy for her brothers and looks out for them. Also: she is very comfortable in using her greater physical size and strength in the present to force her two younger brothers to snuggle with her at her leisure. Sometimes they’re okay with it. Sometimes they’re not. To see the different ways she connects with each…I love. 20240918

Child 2 (boy)

coming sometime soon

Child 3 (boy)

coming in a while

Child 4 (boy)

coming a while later

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