I’ve Lost That Back to School Feeling

Kate Stone Lombardi
Age of Empathy
Published in
4 min readSep 20, 2022

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Early this month, my husband asked what day school started.

“I have no idea,” I told him.

Why would I? My kids are adults and my grandchild is too young for kindergarten. For decades my life revolved around the school schedule. Now it just means that I time my errands so I don’t get stuck behind a school bus.

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Kate Stone Lombardi
Age of Empathy

Journalist/author. Contributor NYT 20+ years. Also WSJ, Time.com, GH, AARP, more. Author: Mama’s Boy Myth (Penguin/Avery 2012). Cook. Besotted grandmother.