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A little over a week ago, I received a call from my dad, and over the next 12 hours regarding…
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A little over a week ago, I received a call from my dad, and over the next 12 hours regarding…
Continue ReadingIn the cold blue winter light, I would nurse my son, his mouth small like a sparrow, his breath warm…
Continue ReadingMy son is now 12. No longer little, not yet grown. It’s so hard to imagine that he’s soon becoming…
Continue ReadingI’m at this stage of parenting. You know, the one when I hardly catch their faces in photos anymore but…
Continue ReadingMy kids are heading into middle school and high school in the fall. We are all in on the tween…
Continue ReadingOn Friday evenings, my husband and I usually have a date night at home. We put the children to bed,…
Continue ReadingI’m a talker. I’m a spill-the-beans, over-sharing, rambling on about my latest fascination chatterbox. I love words, and so do…
Continue ReadingI don’t know what I expected, exactly. But I didn’t expect you to smile at me and say sweetly, “Thanks,…
Continue ReadingMiddle school can be tough at times. Your body is changing and everything is awkward. You have lots of new…
Continue ReadingI got into an argument with my tween. This happens between us—which makes sense as she’s so much like me.…
Continue ReadingI used to pick out her clothes. A frilly Christmas dress, perhaps, with velvet details or an adorable bow in…
Continue ReadingMy kids are growing up. They’re growing up fast. When they were tiny everyone said, “Enjoy it. It goes by…
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