Learning to Fly: When You Have to Be Your Own Parent
Even as a child I found extreme pleasure in the things I could control.
101 Dalmatians
tell your mother thistell your father that
Maury Show
SkyMall
stratus, cumulus, cirrus.
please excuse Lindsay’s absence
SkyMall
Shelby Vittek is a writer and editor based in New Jersey. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Bon Appétit, National Geographic, New Jersey Monthly, The Kitchn, and The Smart Set, among others.
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