"That's what I like about you," a close friend said to me recently. "I like that I always know you'll tell me if you don't want to do something." We were four feet apart from each other, on the floor of our local gym. She was stretched across an exercise ball; I was attempting to hold a forearm …
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"Do you have any more stories?" they say. I'd already told them about how my husband and I met; I'd told them about the first time he said I love you. ("Why were you at a park at night?" they ask. "Because you can do awesome stuff like that when you're in college," I answer.) So I launched …
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9,855. That’s the number of meals I’ve served my children since becoming a mom. The way I see it, even when we eat with extended family or go out to a restaurant, I’m still dishing up their plates, cutting food into smaller bites, keeping them from knocking an entrée to the ground, etc. So …
What's the age when you look at a child and suddenly see his future self as much as you see his past self? I think it might be eight, because lately when I really look at my oldest, I see him as a teenager almost as much as I see him as the child I've known for the last eight years. Sometimes …
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Our three kids stared up at the presents I'd wrapped and set on the fridge—ready and waiting for our middle child's birthday the next day. "Four presents!" our oldest exclaimed. "That's more presents than I've ever had in my LIFE!" A part of me balked at that—he's certainly had more than …
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From down the hallway, I could only see his feet. I could tell that my husband was kneeling down, and I heard his voice as I dabbed on some concealer. "Do you guys know how much we love you?" he said to our kids. "We love you more than anything. We love you no matter what. If someone isn't nice to …
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