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A Mother’s Thoughts on Girls on the Run

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My daughter, 9, was ecstatic to participate in Girls on the Run this spring. For those of you not in the know, Girls on the Run is a non-profit organization with the mission to “inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running.” At the conclusion of [Read More]

5 Instagram Posts You Won’t See From Me on Unremarkable Files

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Have you heard of Instagram? I’m kidding. Of course you’ve heard of Instagram! (No offense to my mom who might not have heard of Instagram–she still refuses to use Facebook.) Have you heard of Jenny Evans’ hilarious blog Unremarkable Files? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then you’re in for a treat. [Read More]

A Letter from My Daughter: Happy Mother’s Day to Me

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Moms, if you are in the thick of things with sleepless nights, crying tots, poopy diapers, kids who can’t make friends, kids who bully their friends, a body that’s changed, a mind that’s losing it, or a million other things that affect you once you become a mother, then take heart. One Mother’s Day you [Read More]

The Long and Short of It

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I’m happy to share that an original humorous essay of mine is featured on In the Powder Room. I’d love it if you checked it out! “What’s it about?” you ask. Let me answer your question with a question: do you have a defining physical characteristic? Think Julia Roberts’ megawatt smile. Or Kim Kardashian’s booty. I’m [Read More]

More Generation X References That My Kids Don’t Get

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I saw him yesterday in my backyard. The first rabbit of the season. He smiled at me with a giant, buck-tooth grin as he leaped through the wooded area behind my house onto my grass. Every spring and summer he decimates the grass, greedily dining on tender shoots and leaving humongous bald patches that he visits [Read More]

10 Things I’d Rather Do Than Buy a Car

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Recently I found myself facing an unpleasant prospect: I had to buy a car. Yes, our family was in need of a new-to-us car. I don’t know about you, but the whole car buying scene makes me uncomfortable. There are 8 million articles on the internet about how to do it, but in the end [Read More]

The Beauty of Ordinary Moments

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There are so many fantastic things to read in the blogosphere. Things that make me laugh or cry. Things that make me angry or roll my eyes. Things that inspire me or educate me. Recently I read “In Defense of an Ordinary Day” by Dawn Camp on (in)courage and I was touched. The gist is [Read More]

Novel Home Inventions I Need Someone To Invent

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You know what novel home invention I need someone to invent? This cartoon, courtesy of everythingfunny.org, sums it up perfectly: Indeed, every time I set my oven above 400 degrees, I set off the smoke alarm. Since our house is newer, it’s equipped with a highly sophisticated smoke alarm that includes someone bellowing “FIRE! FIRE!” as well as [Read More]

Things I Want to Complain About

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It’s Spring Break in our house this week, which means the kids are home from school, bored, and asking why we didn’t go anywhere. Funny, they don’t seem placated by my answer: “Mommy and Daddy DON’T get Spring Break plus you just went to Disney World in February so be quiet.” Anyhoo, since I’m complaining [Read More]

The Right Way to Eat Out with Baby

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In my gut I knew that it was too late to take our baby out for dinner. He was acting a little fussy and it was nearly 7 pm. Nonetheless, my husband and I were desperate for a night out and figured we could handle anything that came our way. Fast forward twenty minutes later. [Read More]

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