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Living, Motherhood
November 16, 2019
4 Minute Read

If Your Kids and Your Parents Depend On You, You Might Be in the Sandwich Generation

I see you, I do. Trying to balance everything on those shoulders. You carry it so well. No one would ever guess your daily struggles. It’s because…

Living, Motherhood
November 15, 2019
3 Minute Read

Tennessee Judge Holds Lawyer’s Baby During Attorney Admission Ceremony

Being sworn in as an attorney is one of the most surreal moments in a lawyer’s life. After years of education and training, the admission…

Living
November 15, 2019
8 Minute Read

Confessions of a Former Mean Girl

“I wish we could all get along like we used to in middle school. I wish I could make a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would…

Living
November 14, 2019
3 Minute Read

We Think We Know People, But There’s So Much We Can’t See

You can watch a person. You can see them laugh. You can see them post happy pictures on social media, and be polite, and carry on casual…

Living
November 13, 2019
4 Minute Read

How We Said Goodbye to Mountains of Toys Forever

Downsizing our kids’ toys was hard. But it’s one of the best decisions we’ve ever made for them, hands down. I’ll never go back to the stress…

Living
November 12, 2019
5 Minute Read

No, I’m Not Pregnant—Please Don’t Ever Ask

It happens to me all the time. There was the churchgoer who every week told me “Congrats!” as he walked past me. There was the neighbor I ran…

Living
November 12, 2019
2 Minute Read

Contestant Wins $5—And Our Hearts—After His Final Jeopardy Response Chokes Up Alex Trebek

Dhruv Gaur must have known he was throwing the game. But what the Brown University college student scribbled on his telestrator as the familiar Final…

Living
November 11, 2019
5 Minute Read

6 Reasons Thanksgiving in the 90s Was the Best

Thanksgiving Day, 1990: a 6-year-old girl woke up with an itch. The 6-year-old girl itched that itch beside her belly button. The 6-year-old girl…

Living
November 9, 2019
4 Minute Read

The Joy You’ve Been Searching For is Right in Front of You

Let me tell you something about HER. You know the one. The mom behind you in school drop off. Boss babe goals, mother of three who looks like…

Friendship, Living
November 7, 2019
4 Minute Read

I Want Friends to Do Life With—The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

When I was young, my parents had this group of families they did nearly everything with. The parents would play games, or talk, or watch a movie in…

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