Send us a textThe high school graduations of my children were a strange mix for me of pride and love and loss. Listeners wrote in about their feelings surrounding their own children's graduations, and their heartfelt responses make me feel less alone in the bittersweetness of the memories.Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Poet Dante Di Stefano’s "Prompts (for High School Teachers Who Write Poetry)” originally appeared in The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day series, and is used with his permission. Original theme music composed and performed by Dylan Perese. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs, who can be reached at  soundcloud.com/kellykrebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected]. For more information, go to alisonmcghee.com and click on the Words by Winter podcast page.

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