Category Archives: Boomerang Kid

Friend Thanksgiving

As my mom noted last night, this Thanksgiving will be my first Thanksgiving away from home — and I think I might’ve detected some melancholy in her observation. Background: This is the “tough love” mother who wasn’t a sympathetic confidante … Continue reading

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‘Boomerang’ kids saving money, but at what cost?

I’m sure if I ever lost my job, my parents would gladly let me move back home. Though that would involve returning to the Scranton area and sleeping on a twin bed in a room that has been converted mainly … Continue reading

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Welcome to Twenty & Change

Last year I had what my circle of friends refers to as a “Quarter-Life Crisis.” I realized I didn’t have the career, baby, husband or house with a white picket fence that I imagined for myself before blowing out those … Continue reading

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