We were standing in my garage when my friend asked— "Excuse my language, but where do you keep all your CRAP?" I looked around and shrugged. "I don't know... I guess we don't have that much crap?" The next thing I knew I was showing my friend every nook and cranny of our house—the pantry, …
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"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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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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Not long ago I had the privilege of watching someone who seemed to have really figured out how to slow life down. I had passed the kids to my husband for the day and headed to the oceanside community of Pacific Grove, California, to write and enjoy some time to myself. (Because, introvert.) I …
Welcome to Savannah Ivanitski (on Instagram - @sivanitski), writer, wife, and mom of two boys. I will never say “I don’t have time,” and it's not because I'm a superhero who has found a way to do everything and be everything. Most days there are things that don’t get done—to-do items that go …
There's nothing like a newborn to make you realize how fast time goes by. Her eyes locked onto mine as she lazily sucked her bottle. I looked around at my friend's family room, where I sat feeding her baby a bottle. The sofa strewn with burp cloths and swaddling blankets, the kitchen counter …
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Twelve years ago, I decluttered my kids’ toys under the glow of a flashlight as they slept. That one change gave me so much relief that I continued until I’d decluttered more than half of what we owned. ✨
I suddenly felt like I could engage with my loved ones, not just clean up after them. I believe every woman deserves the same.
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