In this Fireside Friday, Morgan shares a quick life update — the twins started kindergarten this week, and while her daughter breezed in with old friends by her side, watching her son put on a brave face despite feeling some anxiety made her so proud and was a bittersweet realization of his budding maturity.

Morgan reads her essay Fear and Joy: Two Sides of the Same Coin — a reflection on chasing joy anyway, from childhood pool jumps haunted by a made-up water woman to nervous a cappella open mic nights that turned into pursuing real guitar lessons.

The throughline: Fear rarely completely disappears, but it's almost never as heavy as the regret of staying seated.

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