This week, are standardized assessments a) painful, b) rage-inducing, c) depressing, or d) all of the above?

This week, Tess meets someone new, as her sophomore year of high school gets underway.

This week, Tess's bones have posed some problems in the past. Are they out of whack again?

This week, our crew is just back from vacation and as usual Tess had a surprise for us.

This week, perhaps you've wondered in a big-picture kind of sense why we are here. Well, Tess has some ideas about that.

This week, Tess heads to the hospital for an upper endoscopy, breakfast not included.

This week, let's check in on our girl Tess as our summer continues and we search for fun things to do.

A huge shout-out to Mama Swan, host of the excellent podcast Raising Dragons with Mama Swan, available on Spotify and YouTube.

This week, we're trying to get home from Puerto Rico, where Tess has had a seizure.

This week, we're in Puerto Rico, where Tess has had a seizure and ambulance ride.

This week, we are in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, where Tess meets a friend while wading in a shallow pool, and they both seem to know something that we don't.

This week, another close call with Tess, this time at school.

This week, detectives are on the case. What happens when the obvious answer to a mystery turns out to be wrong?

This week, a mysterious hitch in Tess's step has us thinking of a rough time from long ago.