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It was just his first day of kindergarten. KINDERGARTEN! I’d worried and stressed about the right school. I’d checked out all of the local options and lost a lot of sleep trying to make the right decision. I landed on…
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I don’t remember who gave me DBB (Dr. Bunny Bear), I just remember that this particular blue plush bear with long ears was a baby shower gift and that he was discovered by my eldest son at a very young…
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Just when I got good at being mom to babies, they went and became toddlers. Just when I got the hang of two pairs of grabby hands and irrational demands, they went and became boys. It’s the wildest thing, but…
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I don’t know when it happened. They were just so small. I was buying strollers and navigating solid foods and trying to decide which schools and which daycares – and now they’re 8 and 10 9 and 11. Wow, it’s…
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It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month. And this year it means so much more to me. When someone I love dearly came to me recently and told me she had the big C, I lost it. She was actually quite calm…
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I booked the family’s annual eye exams – and when we saw our optometrist, I asked her to explain why my eyes work so differently than the rest of my family. She laughed and handed me a pamphlet on Mom…
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Something happens around this time every summer. Summer camp wraps up, bathing suits are looking worse for wear, Halloween candy starts appearing in the grocery store and back-to-school shopping and lunch ideas overwhelm Pinterest and Instagram. Whether you’re a stay-at-home…
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I want my kids to believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny – and all of the magic surrounding holidays. They’re getting older. They’re seeing things. It’s starting to be a lot of lies – and yesterday…
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Is there really a perfect age to have a baby? If you have your babies in your teens, you’re too young. Early 20s? You’ve still got so much to see and do – people will tell you to finish school,…
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So you’re the mom who waited to get costumes for the kiddos? Yah, me too. We’ve been talking so exhaustively about what they want to be, but actually braving the stores… that’s a whole other thing. I was planning to…
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