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Jan 73 min read
The Bucket Filling Station (or, Even Parent Coaches Need Reminders)
Easy idea on how to focus on the positive!
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Oct 9, 20244 min read
My 14-year-olds Don't Have Smart Phones (and I Have No Judgment if Yours Do)
Let me start with this: I get it. Every family is different. You’ve got your own set of circumstances, values, and unique kids, and that...
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May 15, 20244 min read
Lucky In Love (or Being Irrationally Crazy About Someone)
Years and years ago, when I was in elementary school, someone told me that I'd never find an actual four-leaf clover. Me being me (maybe...
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Feb 11, 20246 min read
No More Ice Cream (or, How to Sit in the Yuck with Your Kid)
Did I ever tell you about the time I had a moment of panic when a police officer walked by me and my daughter and paused when he saw her...
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Dec 13, 20233 min read
The Truth About Santa (or Why I Still Believe)
As often happens this time of year, the conversation turned to talk of Santa, and the furious whispers nervous parents utter:Â Is it okay...
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Aug 8, 20193 min read
Meditation on Love (or Kindness is Contagious)
I was feeling particularly devastated by today's news when I got a reminder that there is still an abundance of love in this world, and...
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Jan 14, 20184 min read
Parenting in VUCA times (or How to Keep It Together When the Threat is Real)
I read this article today, "Being a Mother in Hawaii During 38 minutes of Nuclear Fear." It was chilling. This came a day after Facebook...
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Nov 28, 20173 min read
Five Weeks of Gratitude Challenge! (or Gratitude, Not Platitudes)
We tend to focus on gratitude right around Thanksgiving, and then we (the culture at large) immediately launch into the frenzied holiday...
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Nov 12, 20174 min read
Practice Makes...Better (Or, How to Model Our Glorious Imperfections)
The other day, I overheard a parent say, "And practice makes...?" "Perfect!" the child sang out, and they both smiled at what was clearly...
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Sep 27, 20174 min read
Birthdays. Deathdays. And the stories in between.
It has been an eventful week. Last Tuesday I was taken via ambulance to the emergency room, and ended up admitted to the hospital for a...
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