Kelly Salasin

Category: Coming of Age

  • In Unity with Inspiration

    (This piece was originally sent as an email to friends and family on the 2008 morning after seeing candidates Obama and Clinton in Unity, NH. My 12-year-old son took the photos.) ~for the children 4:30 am Saturday, June 28, 2008 Marlboro, Vermont Dear Community of ALL, Yesterday, I had the great privilege of attending a…

  • Young at Heart (Never Grow Up!)

    I remember the exact moment that I became a grownup.  It was on a playground in a suburb outside Philadelphia, and I was only twenty-one years old.   A six-year old, named Danny Goldstein, was to blame. I’d spent the better part of my youth avoiding “growing up” because I knew that I didn’t want any…