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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...

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...

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: Is it okay...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Choosing to Be Kind

“Mommy, is that a poor man? Why is he poor? Why is he sleeping on the street?” Have you ever noticed that your child asks exactly the...

Taming Tantrums, One Breath at a Time*

It’s happened to all of us. One minute you’re casually walking through the supermarket with a cutie in the cart, the next minute you’re...