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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, 20212 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20206 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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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