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Last June, all my boy wanted was to play one real baseball game with other kids. He settled for batting with a paper towel roll in the...
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Joy
- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
Everyday Magic
As the days have been getting warmer (and the nights perfectly wondrous) we have (more often) let the kids linger outside in their bare...
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Joy
- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
On the Coronaversary
I can’t stop thinking about this interview with Stephen Colbert from 2015 and the phrase that slipped through a crack in my then very...
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Joy
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
New Chapter
We just did something I never imagined and I’m still having trouble wrapping my head around. Joe Gabriel and I, who have spent our entire...
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Joy
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
Crying is Brave
Bit late on the take here but you ever have one of those 😱😭 🏋️ 🎪 ⛈ ☄️🌪 hellscape in the city kinda days? I’ve also found that in...
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Joy
- Sep 13, 2020
- 1 min
They're Alive, It's a Miracle!
So my child said “dammit” and we had a little talk and she was very sorry but also, “It’s just that you’ve been saying it a lot, Mom.”...
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Joy
- Sep 7, 2020
- 2 min
What If
Last night, I gathered my anxious little family for a sweet, post-supper read aloud. With this crew, in these pandemic times, any and...
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joegabriel9
- Jun 4, 2020
- 3 min
Racism Is a Secret I Did Not Mean to Keep
I have been wondering how to talk with my children about George Floyd and the global demonstrations demanding justice. Usually when...
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joegabriel9
- May 22, 2020
- 6 min
Wine and Story Time: Graduation
Saturday Night Social! Wine and Story Time 🍷 (In which I ...we? ... have a glass and visit times of yore) In this episode: I Did Not...
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joegabriel9
- May 21, 2020
- 4 min
Highly Recommend: Self Compassion
I always wanted to be the mom who had it together. But I’m the mom who’s working on it. I’m in it with my family. With myself. SelfCompassio
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joegabriel9
- May 9, 2020
- 2 min
Mother's Day Sucks / Long Live Mother's Day
The morning my daughter was born, I sat in the hospital, while Joe ran to the deli for bagels, clutching this tiny person in my arms —...
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joegabriel9
- Apr 30, 2020
- 3 min
I'LL ALLOW IT
Right now I have one child who cannot get close enough and one child who cannot build a big enough barricade. The boy wants to sit on my...
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joegabriel9
- Apr 24, 2020
- 2 min
WALL FOR THE WIN
Last night I did something I NEVER do. When Red announced he was hungry at 7:30pm (the time by which they are usually fed/bathed/snuggled...
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joegabriel9
- Apr 18, 2020
- 1 min
This Is Hard
On the way home from our walk, she asked me if I had to wear a mask outside during quarantine when I was little. No, honey. We didn’t...
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joegabriel9
- Apr 17, 2020
- 3 min
AMIDST THE CHAOS
I finally got outside. I was sick with a fever and flu symptoms etc (couldn’t get a test so don’t ask) and didn’t leave my apartment for...
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joegabriel9
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
LET'S DIAGRAM IT
I love the assignments coming home from our teachers. In keeping with my firm belief that my son's teacher is Mr Rogers incarnate, their...
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joegabriel9
- Mar 20, 2020
- 2 min
FEELS FAMILIAR
On Monday (approx one million years ago) I woke up scared and overwhelmed. How will we do this? I took a minute alone before I started...
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joegabriel9
- Mar 16, 2020
- 1 min
AND SO IT BEGINS
What I hope my kids remember about living through this crazy time is that we did it together. Not AT each other or around each other. But...
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