Not long ago, an article on Scary Mommy caught my attention: Dear Husband: Here Are the Only Things I Want for My Birthday. Because what we all apparently want is— "An entire day of love and doing everything I ask. If this is talking over dinner about the intricacies of The Bachelor, so be it. …
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Hi y'all! Have you see that Buzzfeed post about parents at the beginning of the year versus parents at the end of the year? That is totally me right now. But summer is coming! It's nice and warm here in our little oasis at the end of the Bay. Life hums along as my husband and I take care of the …
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The truth is, sometimes I watch my children with envy. They eat popsicles on sunny days and drink hot cocoa on cold ones. They explore muddy orchards after rainstorms and build Roxaboxen-style homes while they keep one eye out for Indians. Their biggest problems are remembering to flush the toilet …
I watch her, a blue-eyed eighteen-year-old, speak directly into the microphone. Her eyes sparkle as she addresses the congregation. Her posture is impeccable. She is me twelve years ago. I was the blue-eyed girl who felt like 18 was so much older than 17. Eighteen just sounds like you're on the …
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A few mornings ago, as we stepped outside in the chill of the early morning air, my six-year-old son stopped in his tracks and said— "Smell that! Take a deep breath." "It's so fresh," his brother followed up. And my heart stretched a little on both sides. :) Maybe my subtle efforts to live …
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Some Favorite Finds Science Says There Are Four Kinds of Introversion. I have it on good authority that I'm a "thinking introvert." What are you? I was captivated by this HuffPost piece on how the opposite of addiction isn't sobriety; it's human connection. More evidence that our efforts to raise …
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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. ✨
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