My youngest just started high school, and my life as a "school-kid mom" has totally changed.

The past, the future, and the excruciating opportunity of being right where I am.

I sent my oldest child off to kindergarten twenty years ago. Yesterday, my two youngest, pictured above, went off to high school - Clara starting ninth grade, Owen a senior.

Being a mom of high schoolers isn’t new for me. Since my first foray into “school mom life” twenty years ago, I've seen all five kids all the way through elementary and middle scho…