Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from a Porch Swing

Dispatches from the Road

Registry

"Big mistake. Huge."

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Jen Deaderick
Mar 23, 2026
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Before I start this story, I should explain that in Massachusetts we don’t have a Department of Motor Vehicles, we have a Registry of Motor Vehicles. We just call it the Registry. And now you have a sense of the kind of story I’m going to tell.

Last fall, it was decided the kid would come and live with my then-boyfriend and I in the suburbs for a bit and…

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