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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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20 Ways To Not Piss Off Your Parenting Partner
Being a parent is hard work. Being married to/living with a parent is also hard work. So here are a few handy tips based on my personal experience (and some from my friends) to help navigate the...
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Summer Camp Preparation: A Business Woman’s Guide
Twenty-one days. That’s how much time is left until my family’s weekday morning schedule has to adjust backwards by an hour. Excuse me while I hyperventilate. #83082402 / gettyimages.com Yup, summer...
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I Really Miss Being Pregnant
Really, I do. I miss being amazed at what was happening to my body. I’d seen so many family and friends experience it and I had so desperately wanted this. When my turn finally came – not without its...
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2015 Summer Camp Report Card
We made it. We survived another summer of camp. Yes, not just them. Us parents too. It’s no secret I have a love/hate relationship with summer camp. In short, I love that my kids have 7-8 straight...
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The Monster Wall
There’s a monster in my kitchen. Actually, there are lots of monsters in my kitchen. Most of them have googly eyes. Some have abnormal numbers of limbs. There are definitely some weird antennae poking...
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Control and “The Science of Parenthood”
One of the most frustrating parts of parenthood is the assumption that you have control of anything. You know it’s true. I see you over there nodding. And yet, we keep trying. When my kids were...
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Welcome to Nine!
Once upon a time a baby girl was born. Boy, were we relieved when we found out you were a girl! Here’s truth #1: I didn’t enjoy it that much when you were inside me, but once you were out and the doc...
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How to Join the Movement to End Gun Violence in the USA (Updated)
I am an optimist, pure and simple. Call me naive, idealistic, a dreamer: I don’t care. I believe in speaking up, I believe in taking action, I believe that, collectively, we can be better. Because gun...
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The Space You Leave Behind
Have you ever felt something that isn’t there? Every day – especially late at night and first thing in the morning – I feel the space you leave behind. It’s like one of those weighted blankets – it...
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