Last summer we enrolled Jack in the local and quite popular junior lifeguard camp. We were new to the area, and hadn’t been introduced to this program before even though we grew up just thirty minutes north. Most of Jack’s friends were signed up, so...
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As my life has changed because of social media over the last six years, I’ve noticed how the general face on Facebook and Instagram has also changed and evolved. The expansion of people using the platform has grown from my typical peer group and generation...
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As a child, we spent a lot of time at home. My mom ran a day care for a few neighborhood children out of our home until I was about six years old, and I can remember feeling like our house was so much fun....
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There’s a photo of me as a toddler, it’s one of my favorites. The corners are rounded, the paper is hatched with a matted texture and the color looks like it’s been sitting in oil for 30 years. I’m probably close to three years old,...
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I still have the very first diaper bag I ever bought. I searched high and low for this very expensive bag before Jack was born and eventually found it accessibly priced on eBay. Being a new mother, I knew nothing about what “practical” would mean...
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Becoming a parent to older children seemed to happen over night. One day, Jack and Zoe were small and the next they were grown. It's like the newborn phase all over again with that glowy haze of uncertainty and moments stockpiled with new discoveries, reaching...
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The birth and beginning of a year brings so much renewal into my psyche, something I have been desperate for throughout the past few months. Evangeline was born, Zoe turned 6, Beau turned 3, the holidays steamrolled through and now Jack is approaching 8 with...
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At some point, in between the lunches and diapers the music performances and little league games nursing and wooden puzzles searching for lost doll shoes and cleaning up piles of glitter I'll stop and breathe them in and hold them tight. I won't let the glory of their years flying by...
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I've been traveling with my babies for years now, as hard as it is for me to believe that. Taking the family to New York City was the first time we've traveled with all four, all together though-something that felt like an incredibly monumental feat. There...
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Something I think about every time I'm in NYC is how incredibly anxious I was at the thought of raising my kids here. Coming from my cozy little town surrounded by family, it seemed dirty and scary and positively the last place I envisioned myself...
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There are a handful of memories that I have from my childhood that I hold on to. Some of them, my favorite memories, are random and otherwise insignificant; A day at the movies with my mom and sister, an evening catching fire flies with my...
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