I wrote this letter to my son on the night of the 2020 election, when I couldn’t sleep. Just laying in bed after midnight, frantically thumb-typing into the empty notepad on my glowing phone screen. I’m publishing it now because...
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A few Saturdays ago I was at Trader Joe’s, doing our huge monthly grocery restock. I plucked a tub...
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Perhaps you, like me, have a toddler who is so thirsty to go outside every day that he actually...
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On the surface babies appear to be simple creatures of comfort, but they are in fact complex...
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How do you ever know that a choice you’re making is the right choice? It would be helpful if...
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1. A thing about time I understand that for some people a second (or fourth, or ninth, or what...
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So this post was largely written in April of last year. I got almost all the way done with it and...
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one It’s hard to live a normal life when you’re trying to save your country from...
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A few Wednesdays ago I received an envelope from my doctor’s office in the mail. Ah, these...
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HEY THERE HI THERE HO THERE WHOA THERE, what happened to the last… seven? Months? I wish I...
Read MoreTonight I left my house for the first time since yesterday. It was already dark but I was taking my kid out to ride her bike because I let her scream-whine me into the idea. Also, solo parenting. Imagine some wine glass...
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One thing that continues to be irritating is the feeling of getting left behind. I don’t...
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