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What I wanted to say at Parent/Teacher conferences
Posted On February 16, 2018

We had parent/teacher conferences last eve. With the boys current ages of 9, 6, and 4, conferences are mostly a mix of stories about the boys, reviewing testing scores, and …

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Books, blog, boys…
February 9, 2018

Oh me oh my. My Oldest just turned 9. N I N E years on the planet, this kid has lived. And it's even crazier to think that just as …


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Kids+Therapy
January 26, 2018

I took my kids to a therapist yesterday. I won't get into all of the behind-the-scenes reasons right now. It was just a step that I felt could be useful …


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Snippet 2: Sleepovers should be called wakeovers
January 4, 2018

We told him he could have his first friend sleepover. I don't know why, exactly. It wasn't a birthday. I just sorta felt like he needed it. To feel like …


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Snippet 1: Christmas Break and going backward
January 2, 2018

It's January 2nd. My children are still off school. And the magic of Christmas has somehow seemed to go out the door with the tree. So far today, two children …


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I hope you dance
December 31, 2017

In 2015, in September, I heard the song, "I hope you dance." I'd heard it before. But I'd never heard it through those ears. The ears of a 33-year-old-mother who …


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The Art of the Brick Omaha
December 19, 2017

It's the most wonderful time of the year, right? And there are a million-goings-ons right now. It's like it's full-speed-ahead to Christmas Break in my house. And that may mean …


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The magic of milk and women
November 11, 2017

I'd met her once before. We were meeting up this time, not by coincidence as had happened before. This time, we were meeting for coffee. And to discuss her surgery. She …


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I make breakfast happen
November 6, 2017

Recently, I wrote a mircoblog (a fancy term for a sort of longer story post on Facebook. I used to call them Flogs. That didn't seem to catch on.). The …


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When my kitchen is clean
October 25, 2017

When my kitchen is clean, I can slay dragons. I can build castles with Legos. I can be the Princess of the Peppa Tea Party. When my kitchen is clean, I …