This last week in August is always a long one for me, as it is for all moms, caregivers, and especially teachers, I’m sure. Our district resumes school a full week before Labor Day every year, which means we live in this weird limbo land between summer’s end and back-to-school where routine still feels foreign, […]
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I remember the day a playdate nearly brought me to my knees. My friend Laura and I had been meaning to get together, and we decided to invite Lola along with her pal from school who is also Laura’s niece. The forecast said slushy snow (in April), so a trip to the Humane Society sounded
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I have to thank Warner Bros. for sponsoring this post and giving me the opportunity to join Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang in teaming up with generationOn, the yough family division of Points of Light, to inspire, equip, and mobilize kids, parents and Scooby-Doo fans to create meaningful change in their communities. We had
“Grace takes you places hustle can’t.” -Liz Gilbert I remember standing in the shower of the Zenith house, crying hard into the blast of hot water on my face. At just 27 years old I felt washed up, my deflated pride felt like a punchline, felt like after a short stint in LA and a few
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It happened on a beautiful spring day after what had truly been a forever winter. The weekend was rainy, but Sunday brought out the brightest sun, and it warmed my skin as I sat outside the ice cream shop with my mom and Lola. We were together celebrating Mothers Day by spending time bumming around
Last year on Mother’s Day we went on a 36 hour adventure just my mama, Lola, and me. We’re leaving tomorrow for another Mother’s Day getaway, and it has me taking inventory of the past and especially how truly great it was to get away; I didn’t tell my mom where we were going, not
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If you’re my friend or loved one or someone I’ve met for coffee in real life, you already know that time management isn’t, and has never been, my strong suit. I don’t mean to get distracted, I don’t try to be late and it’s not that I can’t read a clock. I’m just constantly doing
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Last December as the calendar rushed to a close, I scrambled to write down some meaningful resolutions for the coming year. I knew I was in a better place by leaps and bounds than the previous January, but there was still room for improvement. My diet sucked. I was always exhausted. Time was hard to
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I used to see those very sleepy southwest Minneapolis moms with their coffee in hand, walking their kids to school in the morning. I would watch them silently from my car when stopped at the intersection as they hurried even sleepier children along, carrying their enormous bags and mouthing “I’m sorry!” to me as they took about
I didn’t even want to be pregnant. All my life I heard the story of how my mother had sex just ONCE with my father before marriage and “knew, INSTANTLY” she was pregnant with my older brother. Now that I’m a parent I realize she was telling us this story to ensure we grew up
