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Category Archives: love
And just like that….
I had carefully scheduled my meetings around this morning’s fifth grade promotion ceremony. Our youngest daughter’s second to last day in our neighborhood school. As planned, I logged off my morning meetings promptly at 10 a.m. to dash over to … Continue reading
Posted in advice, everyday life, family, friendship, kids, lessons learned, love, marriage, parenthood, women
Tagged being a mom, family, kids, lessonslearned, life, momlife, parenthood, parenting, writing
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Being friends: reflections on friendship in 2018
I know myself well enough to know that as a person and a friend, I can be exhausting. I also know that being exhausting and exacting is a gift of mine, too. And when it comes to friends, I care … Continue reading
Posted in everyday life, family, friendship, lessons learned, love, personal, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged blogging, friends, friendship, life lessons, writing, year in review
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September 2018, check.
My mind has taken years to unwind from an academic calendar. It’s Q4. Not the start of school or a few weeks into the semester. We’re in the final 92 days of 2018 and I am ready to take on … Continue reading
Posted in advice, blogging, everyday life, family, kids, lessons learned, love, marriage, new year's eve, parenthood, personal, resolutions, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged bootcamp, hiking, new years resolutions, renaissance faire
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November update
November. It happened. The front half of the month was work-focused and the back half was family-focused. We were surrounded by good energy most of the time. So the year is winding down and I’m getting ready to round out … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, kids, lessons learned, love, Uncategorized, work, writing
Tagged blogging, blood donation, exercise, family, food, NaNoWriMo, parenting, reading, Thanksgiving, Washington DC, writing
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The little things giving me life right now
The longest of weeks feels like a month when the alarm sounds at 5am on Friday morning. Two weeks of life sucked away by illness and ambient worry and this week was the chance to get back to routines. But … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, everyday life, kids, love, marriage, personal, Uncategorized
Tagged boston, everyday life, kids, little things, small blessings, work, writing
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The difference one year makes
It was August last year when I paced in front of my computer screen and stared at a message I had written to my boss. We were leaving the next day for our yearly pilgrimage to Cape Cod, and I … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, lessons learned, love, thinking, Uncategorized, work, writing
Tagged feeling old, social media, time, time machine, writing
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She would have been 70….
Back in February I bought my daughters each a pink hyacinth plant. When my mother was alive, she did the same for me all through my twenties. She was obsessed with spring flowers because their arrival on the scene coincided … Continue reading
Posted in advice, blogging, everyday life, family, kids, lessons learned, love, marriage, motherhood, thinking, women
Tagged death, grief, motherhood, parenthood, remembering
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Clinging desperately to summer…
There is a chill in the air. The sun is setting earlier, rising later. The long sunny afternoons have slipped away. Two months of school have whizzed clear past us and we are knee-deep in commitments for the children. We have traded the ever-growing … Continue reading
Posted in everyday life, family, kids, love, summer, vacation
Tagged Cape Cod, family, having kids, life with kids, travel with kids
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Soliloquy on the occasion of one’s second rodeo
My little muffin, This day is finally here. You are about to enter kindergarten. And while you have watched your older sister learn the ins and outs of the school, while you have already mastered the big kid monkey bars and … Continue reading
Posted in everyday life, family, kids, lessons learned, love, schools
Tagged back to school, being a mom, kids, kindergarten, parenting
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I wear my heart on my sleeve (except on Valentine’s Day)
I’m not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day. I don’t like Valentine’s Day for completely rational reasons, things I know bug other people about the holiday. Sure, I spent many (okay, most) of the Valentine’s Days of years pre-marriage by myself or … Continue reading
Posted in everyday life, family, holidays, kids, lessons learned, love, marriage, parenthood, personal, romance, Uncategorized
Tagged being a mom, kids, love, parenting, romance, valentine's day
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