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Two years ago today
Two years ago today, Ethiopia called. Newborn twins. Impossibly tiny, no medical information, no photos. All that would come later, if we were actually given the referral. Today, it was just a...
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Impulse Shopping
Isn’t this the loveliest scarf? Lilly Pulitzer, Cape and Islands Murfee. Saw it on Facebook yesterday, let it sit on my laptop browser overnight, and then bought it today. Don’t need it. Probably...
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Decor Dilemmas and First World Problems
As we settle into the new house, we are slowly starting to make it feel less like a box-filled hotel and more like a home. Sadly, the girls’ room is one of the last to be be done, in part because I...
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Cheat a Little
When a student of mine told me, in confidence, that she never wanted to graduate, because she didn’t want to be a ‘grown-up’, I laughed. And then I told her the truth – grown-ups get away with so much....
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What the what, now?
I was perusing One King’s Lane this morning, as I like to do on lazy Sundays, when I ran across these …. things. Calla Lily salt and pepper shakers. You knew that, right? You didn’t look at these, like...
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You Might Think It Is About The Shopping, But It Isn’t
So, it has finally happened. G-d, in her benevolent wisdom has glanced down upon me and said, “My Childe, thou art suffering greatly from your many first-world problems, are thou not?” And I said,...
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Navigating Bus Stop Culture
My kids started riding the school bus this week, and I am pretty proud of myself for not being the parent that jumped in her car and drove behind that bus all the way to school, just to make sure they...
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Suburban trash talkin’
“Live on the edge? I was born on the edge, baby. This is what badass looks like, Suburban-style.” *** drops the mike.
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