Category Archives: marriage

And just like that….

Posted on June 17, 2022 by rglw

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 →

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The key to a successful and happy marriage? Lowered expectations.

Posted on July 3, 2019 by rglw

I never expected any of this. When we were least expecting it, we found each other. Out of the universe of people, somehow we were the only ones on that rooftop in Soho eighteen years ago. The whole city receded … Continue reading →

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Cataloguing 2018: On to the next (2019)

Posted on January 2, 2019 by rglw

For the past three years, I’ve used the final day of the year to reflect and catalogue things. In 2015, in 2016, in 2017, I counted workouts and books and hikes. Acts of kindness, blood donations. Those years helped me … Continue reading →

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September 2018, check.

Posted on October 5, 2018 by rglw

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 →

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July 2018, check.

Posted on August 14, 2018 by rglw

July was madness. It was joyful and thrilling and relaxing and amazing. We were a family of three, then four again then five. We celebrated a 7th birthday, picked up our oldest from her first month away at camp, hosted … Continue reading →

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June 2018, check.

Posted on July 13, 2018 by rglw

June is always the end of something. No matter how much we try to make it about summer kickoff and the start of something fun, it always feel melancholy to me. Melancholy and sunny. We saw the end of lots … Continue reading →

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May 2018, check.

Posted on June 5, 2018 by rglw

May was longer than long. May was like three months packed into one month. My husband and I turned 40. We’re hanging on for dear life through the obstacle course of the end of the school year. I was able … Continue reading →

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Being 40: 40 things I know

Posted on May 6, 2018 by rglw

I turned 40 this week and the day was supreme. All day, though, I had thoughts running circles around my brain. I needed a place to put them so I could return to them some time in the future. Looking … Continue reading →

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The little things giving me life right now

Posted on October 27, 2017 by rglw

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 →

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September update

Posted on October 5, 2017 by rglw

September was a pretty big month. Reflecting now, it’s hard to believe that Labor Day was just 30 days ago. I knew that the month would be busy between work and the holidays but I didn’t know how much energy … Continue reading →

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