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You are totally doing the damn thing! I am so proud you – you faced your fears, and you tried out!!!
And. you. made. it.

This is completely inappropriate but so accurate – between that president of us, the horrible way Black people were treated and COVID, 2020 sucked.

Hi Kid

It’s been too long since I’ve written to you on your blog, and I so treasure going back through these pictures and stories, so I better do something to keep it up.

It’s Feb, 2021 – we are still in the midst of COVID… Which started, for us especially, on your birthday last year. We found out schools were closing on March 15, 2020, and you thought it was a little gift from God – a special kind of snow day. That lasted a little while, but by now we are all good and tired of Covid-19.

You are currently going to school on Mondays and Thursdays with kids whose last names start with A-L. The great news about that is that Hilgers starts with A-L too. Whew! On Wednesdays you check in with all your teachers through Zoom, and on Tuesdays and Fridays you are on your own to do the work teachers assign.

A bonus for this nightmare is that I get more time with you. I really enjoy working with you on Tuesdays. We sit in the dining room and work near each other with some version of pop or Harry Styles or Megan Trainer playing.

Let’s see – some relatively recent highlights:
* Last year you started your open company – Moonbeam Photography. Pretty awesome if you ask me.
* You are now taller than me.
* You have been driving in parking lots for a few months now, though it technically isn’t legal until you’re 16, which is coming up quickly.
* Jojo is still you favorite creature on the planet.
* You and I moved into the loft on St. Paul Street August, 2019, so we have been here a while. It’s quirky but you really love it. I do too most of the time. We have spent A LOT of time here since last March. I work from home 100% of the time. I haven’t been to campus in forever.
* Your best friends are Sophie, Emma, Allie and Zoe. You have a lot of other friends too (like DeLara, John, Bridget).
* Your Dad and you moved to the cutest house in Brighton for your sophomore year (since we live in the city). You are literally across the street from the middle school and around the corner from the high school which will be even more convenient when you actually go back to school full time.
* Your hair color changes relatively dramatically and often – your Hilger sisters do it for you. You Love it!!
* Biden/Harris is SUCH a welcome relief from a previous four-year nightmare of CRAZY, HURTFUL, AWFUL crap.

I’m sure there are a million more things, but I’ll leave this here for now. I love you so much Sweetness. Your spirit is just AMAZING. You are so deeply thoughtful and passionate, so witty and expressive, such a goofball in all of the best ways. SO grateful to be your Mom!!

Love you

Some recent pics

My grandmother came to town and she took me out to my favorite bookstore, got me three new books and a a Starbucks refresher. I am reading one the books that she bought me. It is a great book about a gay guy who is have family issues and his friend just got very cute. The book is called The Dangerous Art of Blending In. I highly recommend it. My family and i then went to out to dinner to celebrate my grandmother coming to town.i had so much fun and i would love to do it again.

Today I went and marched in the Pride Parade downtown. My friend and I held up a balloon Jesus with pride flag acrossed his chest. We walked for two hours and i had so much fun. I loved seeing all the pride shirts and signs. They made me very happy.My friend, Abby, is the one who got me into all my pride. She is moving at the end of the summer and i don’t know what i am going to do without her. If you haven’t been to the pride parade then i highly recommend going next year and don’t forget your rainbows.