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The Two Words That Moms Love Most
(Other than “love you,” of course.) Picture this. A crowded shopping mall, two and a half week’s before Christmas. I’m taking my son to Build-A-Bear for a pre-school class mate’s birthday party. I’m...
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On This Bed
I’m 46 years old and, tonight, I sleep again in this bed at my parents’ house. This bed where I slept most nights during the puberty years, the teenage years and my young 20s, and here and there during...
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Entering the 3DS Zone
After much indecision and comparing notes with other families, we finally caved and bought our son a 3DS for his 9th birthday. I had been against this for a long time. Mostly because both my husband...
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A Love Letter to Mom Friends
One of the very best and unanticipated outcomes of motherhood – other than, you know, having kids – has been my Mom friends. So, on this Valentine’s Day, this is my salute to you from me, with love....
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The Facebook Post That Made Me a Terrible Mother
by Kristin Parran I can’t keep it in any longer. I must be the worst mother ever. It doesn’t matter that my not-yet-3-year old son adores me. Or that he climbs in bed with my husband and I and tells us...
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Why Am I Doing So Much For My Kids?
“I cannot help you; you’re too independent.” My Mom said these words to me a few months back. I think she was complaining but I’ll take it as a compliment. After all, I’m the middle child. The older...
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The Agony and Ecstasy of Summer Camp
School’s out, summer’s here. Parents everywhere are cheering. Or are they? I hate summer camp I hate that we have to be out of the house a whole hour earlier than during the school year, in time to...
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The Things You Don’t See
See that smiling woman cuddling her kids, you don’t see her anxiety and her battle every day with post-partum depression. You don’t imagine the insecurity that business woman faces as she addresses a...
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I Could Have Danced All Night
Last Saturday night, while my husband was out of town, I danced with another man. In fact, I danced with four or five other men. Don’t be shocked. I went out salsa dancing with two girl friends and we...
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Have We Reached Peak Pumpkin?
Friends: I’m very scared that, if we don’t all chill out, pumpkin will jump the shark. Because the brands have figured us out. Those clever marketers have skillfully tuned into our collective pumpkin...
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My 2015 Word of the Year is: Energy
Or Slow Down. Or Be More Selfish. Or Seek Inspiration. There are lots of words and phrases I’ve been playing around with to describe my intentions for 2015. They all come back to one thing. 2014 was,...
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Thank You, Taylor Swift, for the Parenting Advice
I’m a big Taylor fan and not just for her toons. Mostly because “Shake It Off” has become the most awesomest parenting tool. Her popular song has helped me reinforce some key messages with my kids....
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These 11 Things I Believe
I believe in the magical powers of cheese. I believe a good night’s sleep trumps getting up early to exercise. But I also begrudgingly believe that one helps the other. I believe we all should listen...
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The Gene My Mother Didn’t Give Me
(This is the story I read at the recent, amazing Listen to your Mother show – video coming in the summer!) Today I cooked for my family and nobody died. It’s always a good day when my cooking doesn’t...
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Words
“I don’t like swimming,” said the little boy, five years-old. “It’s too hard. And I have to do it every day at camp.” “If you do it every day, then you’ll get better at it and then it won’t be so...
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