Wonderful update! Still praying.

Praying for all involved.

Has anyone heard from @Jenny in Florida? This resurrected thread reminded me of her. I really enjoyed her posts.

I am so sorry.

Great article! As the mother of a 25-year-old with severe autism and cognitive impairment, I know how important this type of information is, Thanks for spreading awareness! We have had both good and bad experiences with emergency responders, but mostly good. The more awareness, the better.

I do ours myself, first on paper and then I type it all into the IRS Free Fillable Forms so we can e-file. Ours are not super simple, but not super complicated either. I enjoy learning about tax rules and spend a lot of time reading IRS publications and instructions for fun 🙂 I taught DD23 how to do taxes when she had her first summer job and now she has a full time job and and an HSA and some side Schedule C income and she can handle all of it with just a little help from me when she encounters something new (e.g.- first year with an HSA). Even if she ends up using tax software later, I am glad that she understands how taxes work.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a hard act to follow. One of my favorite books ever. The other Betty Smith novels are nowhere near as good.

I have a 1976 set that I plan to keep as long as possible 🙂

Praying for you and your family!

I was just about to post this when I saw that Tap beat me to it 🙂

In the high school where I work, a small handful of students (maybe 10) mask regularly and two teachers mask always. However, there are always a few students or teachers who are masking because they have just returned from having covid.

Praying

Almost this. He does file his own taxes. He does check the box that he can be claimed as a dependent. On federal taxes, if his only income is earned income, he will end up with the same standard deduction as if he could not be claimed as a dependent. However, if he has unearned income like investment income, then his standard deduction is much lower. If his work study income is earned income (likely if they gave him a W-2), then this is easy. OP leaves her taxes the same with him claimed as your dependent, and he files to get any refund he is owed, remembering to check the "can be claimed as a dependent on someone else's taxes" box. ETA: On state taxes, his standard deduction is almost certainly lower.

I never thought that. And I remember a couple previous user names for you, so it's been a while. I'm so sorry people thought that. I have always been impressed by how carefully you consider all your parenting decisions. I'm glad your kids have you!

Also in Michigan. A beautiful place to visit in the summer! I would love a meet-up!