I did my best to capture it. It would have been simpler to snap a photo of our last school carnival, of course, but really I wanted to just soak in the moment: scores of face-painted, cupcake-laced kids running with joyful abandon through the maze of adults who both socialized and stood sentry for safety. There was a time when I could…
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What I Learned About Parenting from the “Super Farrah Look-Alike Contest”
This post has been, quite literally, years in the making. About 25 years ago, while kids and even marriage were still dreams in our futures, my college friend Casey told me the following story from her childhood. Even though I cried with laughter at the time, I stored it away because I knew that when I became a parent, I would…
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5 Top Lunches to Finish Strong
In the hierarchy of the “three square meals a day” thing, lunch has to be the squarest. (Most square?) I’m not talking about being balanced — I’m talking about being dull. Now, I can get really excited about breakfast, because after all, it’s the most important meal of the day. (Also, bacon.) I like dinner, too — it’s fun to…
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It’s Beginning to Look a Smidge Like Christmas
Ah, Christmas. The twinkling lights, the gifts, the ornaments, the gifts, the caroling, the gifts … it’s the most wonderful, and expensive, time of the year! Before you get the wrong impression and think all those gifts I mentioned are for our kids — they’re not. Since the beginning of time, we’ve stuck with a pretty tight program on presents for our…
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May the Fourth Be With You
I do not pretend to be an authority on Star Wars. At all. One Halloween I dressed up as C3PO, but once my foil fell off that was pretty much it in terms of me paying any real attention to the legendary movies. However, today is Star Wars Day, May 4, and I would be remiss if I did…
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