After being on Medium for who knows how long, I finally wrote something for it, a piece about motherhood and parenting. You can read it here. .
parenting
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A Conversation With Coraline: Running the Numbers
“How old are you?” “How old do you think I am?” “I don’t know. Thirty-two?” “Today you are my favorite child.”
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Photoblogging: Mother’s Day 2015
For Mother’s Day this year, Rich and Coraline let me choose what I wanted to do since, as Coraline reminded me at least a dozen times, “it’s your special day!” I decided that I wanted to check out the brunch at The Cheesecake Factory, where I lived it up with…
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Finding My Me Time
Song Lyric of the Day: Baby you need time for yourself / I’ll give it to you / All the rest seems to logically follow Earlimart / “Time for Yourself“ I’ve read parenting blogs for several years now, even before I became a mom. As such, I have read a…
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Little Big Girl
Song Lyric of the Day: I’d like to show you a million things / I’d like to make the world for you a better place / But when it pours, it really rains, so / Put on your boots, and let’s play Sleater-Kinney / “Lions and Tigers“ Coraline has always…
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A Conversation With Coraline: Cows and Heroes
“What did you learn about in school today?” “We talked about cows and heroes!” “Cows and heroes? That’s interesting.” “And guess what?” “What?” “I’ve been waiting to tell you this all day because it’s really special. Do you know who my hero is?” “No. Who’s your hero?” Pointing excitedly: “You…
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A Conversation With Coraline: Victoria’s Real Secret
“Look, Mommy! They have little dresses for little kids!” “Those aren’t dresses.” “Yes, they are.” “No, they’re people clothes.” “Oh. Look! There’s another little dress for little kids!” “Again, that’s not a little dress. You know what? I’ll come back another day by myself.”
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Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball.
Song Lyric of the Day: Extrapolate my feelings / My family is dysfunctional / But we have a good time killing each other Mary Lambert / “Secrets“ Coraline has always been a really happy kid. She has a sunny enough disposition that I still sometimes wonder how it is that…
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The Numbers on the Scale
Song Lyric of the Day: Would you let me see beneath your beautiful? / Would you let me see beneath your perfect? Labrinth featuring Emeli Sande / “Beneath Your Beautiful“ For the past few weeks I’ve gotten back into something of a fitness routine. I’m now on three weeks of…
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The Little Social Butterfly
Song Lyric of the Day: (When it gets loud, I turn it up) / Shake it like a bad girl up in Harlem / (When it’s too hot, I light it up) / Ooh, light it up, yeah, smoke em if you got ’em New Politics / “Harlem“ The other…