Alyson Halberstadt

Alyson is a middle school band director in suburban Illinois and resides with her husband, son, dog, and Norman the fish. When not working, writing, or napping, she enjoys pretending she's a dinosaur with her son, Will.

Life

No, I didn’t fall in love with my son the first moment I met him

I picked him up and moved to the couch to comfort him. And there, that moment, that is when it hit me.