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Laughably Insufficient: To Thank a Teacher

May 24, 2018 3 Comments
Nothing feels quite so insufficient as giving a teacher a year-end gift.  The greatest thanks are the hardest to articulate.…
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Silly On Purpose

March 23, 2018 No Comments
We are ridiculous on a regular basis. Most recently, I surprised our family with a new game: Caught On Tape.…
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Middle-School-Cafeteria Confidence

January 26, 2018 3 Comments
Well, I’m about to be a Middle School Parent. We went to the Parents’ Information Night this week, to dip…
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Boredom as a Lifestyle

June 26, 2017 1 Comment
Please indulge me while I tell you the story of the first and last time Bee ever claimed she was…
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Miracles and Hard Conversations

June 6, 2017 3 Comments
I love family movie night. I love the coziness and the blankets and the together of it all. It’s one…
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Love, Parenting, and Figuring it Out

May 30, 2017 3 Comments
Peter and I were fighting. Sort of. He says it wasn’t a “fight,” but it’s as much as we fight,…
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On the Day that You Were Born

May 9, 2017 5 Comments
Tyler is Ten. I realized this weekend that every single bit of baby is gone from him, even from his…
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A Word to Tired Moms of Little People

April 20, 2017 1 Comment
I happened onto this gold nugget my brother gave me several years ago, back when I was in the trenches…
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The Careful Balance

April 5, 2017 1 Comment
Parenting is a delicate recipe, a careful balance of this and that. A careful balance of TV and creative play,…
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She said, “Oh, honey, I’m not going to tell you.”

March 29, 2017 2 Comments
This conversation happened on a Sunday morning nearly a decade ago. This couple sat near us, and I met them…
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Compassion, Discipline, and The Crazy Hard.

March 27, 2017 1 Comment
Good parenting is crazy difficult. Just really hard. Like, really hard. We’ve been navigating some new waters here, teaching boundaries…
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Crumpled.

February 10, 2017 1 Comment
After my years in the classroom, I’m still kind of a junkie for lesson plans, bulletin boards, and great ideas…
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Hand Written Notes and Carousel Ponies

December 3, 2016 No Comments
We are in that sweet spot between Thanksgiving and Christmas, where it seems that everything around us takes a soft…
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Sex Talk in the Fourth Grade: Dads Do It Differently

October 12, 2016 7 Comments
“Mom, what’s porn?” It’s hard not to flinch with your fourth grader comes home with a new word like that…
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When Strong Women Do Great Things

September 22, 2016 4 Comments
“When strong women do great things, they have to do what it takes for everyone to be taken care of.”…
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Football, Concussions, and Parenting

September 15, 2016 4 Comments
It would have been great if we could have made it just a few more weeks (or longer… longer would…
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Pie Dates and Boy Pranks are Not My Gig.

August 25, 2016 3 Comments
“Hey, Mom? What happens if you accidentally drink vegetable oil?” “Wait. What? How does that happen, accidentally?” Peter and I…
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Boy Courage and a Green Bandana

August 20, 2016 1 Comment
I miss my son like crazy today. This does not usually happen. I am the biggest proponent for sending, launching,…
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On Dropping Plates

August 15, 2016 4 Comments
“The art of managing a lot of things is to never drop the same thing twice in a row.” Bishop…
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Old Dogs, New Tricks, and the Thing About Broken Fences

July 27, 2016 3 Comments
Peter brought two black Labrador retrievers to our family. He adopted my kids; I adopted his dogs. It’s a big…
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