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Touchy Feely
So… apparently too much love is a bad thing, at least in some settings. My three-year old got a “yellow light” in school today. (That’s a bad thing.) The teacher said it was because he was, “having a...
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The Last Day of School
Today’s the day. The last day of school. Children everywhere are counting down the hours until that bell rings and they are free for the entire summer. Free to run and play and… oh wait, do kids do...
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Impulse Buys and Healthy Dinners – An Unlikely Marriage
Typically, those impulse buys you make at the grocery store- you know, the ones you make when you shop when you’re hungry which is exactly what they tell you not to do – are not the healthiest of...
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80s Style Montage of Parenting
So, I’ve been slacking. I take that back. It’s kind of the opposite of slacking. I’ve been busy and it’s been unusually nice this summer here in Alaska, so I haven’t been writing. Okay, that might be...
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One Easy Solution
This problem has plagued me a few times: those adjustable bands they build into kids’ pants these days slips into the jeans and you can’t get it back. Today, after a few mumble curse words and several...
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“What’s the ‘N’ Word?”
Growing up in Alaska, I never really knew the depths of racism in our country and how alive it is today, until I went to college in the midwest. There I saw and heard things that caught my eye and...
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“I was SO embarrassed!”– aka, the mantra of all tween girls
Last night, in one single conversation, my daughter must have repeated the phrase, “I was so embarrassed” at least a handful of times. At first, she was recounting the events of watching a movie at...
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Late for Work: Kids versus no Kids
Remember those days before you had kids, when you’d show up late for work? Some days, you’d stroll in, bloodshot eyes, hair smelling vaguely of cigarette smoke and dirty bar. The smell of coffee walked...
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Nowhere to hide
There are times when you just need a second. The times when you want maybe a millisecond to yourself. When you sneak away quietly, thinking no one will notice you are gone. You are wrong. When you are...
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It Strikes Again
I was in the shower, all soaped up, when I heard my youngest son screaming, followed by a thud and then silence. At this point, as I hurriedly washed the suds from my hair and body while simultaneously...
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