I discovered minimalism when my kids were young and my house was full of hand-me-downs I didn’t like and baby gear we didn’t need. In just a few years, I had gone from the wide open blocks of time and space so common in your early twenties to an apartment that felt like it was exploding …
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Recently, an adult in my son’s life told him something that infuriated me. Backstory: One of our boys has an August birthday, which makes him young for his grade. He’s always hated being the youngest, and although *I’ve* never even hinted at this, here and there along the way, he’s picked …
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I see you. Yes, you. The one who sniffs out the first sign of discord and smoothes it over before anyone else has even noticed. The one who stretches herself into a hundred shapes to make sure no one feels left out, hurt, sad, or unsupported. The one who quietly believes that if she can …
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"Don't you think we could save some of this for later?" my husband asked. We were planning a small renovation on the home we’d just bought, and my husband wondered what we could push back—to spare ourselves the upfront cost of time and money. "Could we spread the work out over a year?" he added. I …
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I distinctly remember the night I googled this question: “Is it possible for introverted moms to love motherhood?” An hour earlier I had stood at the stove, flipping quesadillas and telling children to—for the love—please get out of my personal space. “Guys, I can’t make dinner with you right …
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My husband and I sat at a table, waiting for our server to bring out our food. I scanned the restaurant and noticed that if I craned my neck, I could glimpse five TVs mounted on the walls. A soccer game was showing on the TV next to the bar, but the other four sets featured various news channels. …
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