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Last-Last-Minute Halloween Costume
Hey, thanks to all of you who came to my Halloween Eve rescue with great, find-stuff-at-home, last-minute costume ideas. Ian, the only one of my kiddos who attends a school that allows costumes, decided this morning to be a troll. You may be confused, as I was, about what exactly the difference is between a…
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Reflections on Back-to-School from a Both/And Mom
It’s back-to-school Tuesday, and I’m just not sure. I’m a little lost. A touch uncertain. I’m not so much confused as I am, well, complicated. So I wonder… Is today an OK day to be a Both/And mom? Is it? Because, you know, I read articles and blogs and Facebook posts and they’re kind of…
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On Silence and Cacophony and Things That Soothe the Soul
I woke up yesterday morning to silence which happens to me exactly never and made me think that there was a strange and awesome aligning of the planets… or that kind, gentle faeries came in the night to cast magical, sleeping mommy spells… or that I suddenly went blessedly deaf… or that the Rapture happened…
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May the Fourth Be With You
Today is Star Wars Day. The grand celebration for good geeks everywhere. May the Fourth be with you! (And all the liturgical Star Wars fans say: “And also with you!”) Greg and I found a light saber on our bed last night. It was the perfect May the Fourth Eve present. Greg considered arming…