I don't compartmentalize well, in my mind or tangibly. Everything moves along together down the stream and I travel with it, keeping the flow as well as I can. The last month has proven rather difficult for me to follow the rhythm and tide of the...
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My mother told me when we were embarking upon Dental School and New York City that this journey in our life would really only be a blip in time, retrospectively. A small star in the galaxy of our days in this life. At the time, it...
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It was nearly three years ago exactly that we were preparing to move our family to New York City. I remember how I felt about leaving our cozy little town chalk full of family and support network. It wasn't exactly terror, it wasn't even completely...
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My old Beatrix Potter tea set is waiting patiently for my daughter to be old enough to use it. I keep a tab that says the weather in London on my iphone - even though I have not been there in years and probably won't...
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This is the first post by my dearest friend and newest contributor, Melissa Rofer. She is from and lives in the same area we are from in California. She is a beautiful writer and and an even more spectacular person...
ReadI couldn't think of the best way to tell you about our glorious trip back "home" to California, so I put together a little slide show set to a song that I literally grew up with. And so my friends, I introduce you to my life,...
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Lego just recently moved into their flagship store in Rockefeller Center, and Bubba and I were invited to attend the Grand Opening. I jumped at the chance to check it out both because my son is an avid Duplo fan, and well, mommy wanted to...
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I just can't help myself. I have to share these amazing photos that my friend Helene at Hellybee Photography took of my mom, my sister, the kids and I. Words really cannot express how much I love these pictures...
ReadWhew. Well, we're back in the city and honestly it feels amazing. This trip back to California was just what I needed. We missed daddy terribly, but it was good for him to put all of his energy into his first midterm (which he got...
ReadIt has been SO nice to be back in our hometown in California. We've enjoyed my mother's homemade chili, a glorious pumpkin patch visit with friends, amazing weather, and countless other moments that have made this trip completely worth the while. I was still feeling...
ReadFour years ago, I was a floundering mess. Although I had a decent job, I had just gotten out of an unhealthy relationship with a man and was trying desperately to find the path that would lead to my happiness and certainty of my future....
Read... on a jet plane... I'll only be gone for two weeks. Yes, I caved. I've decided to take the kids back to California to spend Halloween with grandparents and friends. And nicer weather than the 40 degree rainy misery that we are currently experiencing......
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