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Sick Days
I get up, because there’s not much else to do. On one side of me is my older son, hot with fever; on my other side is my younger son, coughing up a storm. At my head is the alpha cat, so alpha–“I will...
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Turning the Tide
Here’s what’s up: Despite what I’d thought, the last two years took a toll on me. And last August, for sure, when the kids’ dad and I moved (separately) half an hour west of where we used to live, but...
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Chicken Dreams
the 2018 Chicken Flyer from the feed store Do you see what I see? Decision day approaches fast. I want Rhode Island Reds, because that’s the breed we had when I was a kid, and they seem fairly smart...
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It’s Not About My Body
So recently I wrote about how I felt really fat and gross and out of shape and seeing a picture of myself ruined my night. Well. The night before that, I’d gotten very little sleep, and everything was...
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It’s Big Apple Circus Time Again! #giveaway
It’s been a few years since we have seen the Big Apple Circus, and my kids have been asking (for most of that time) when we can go see it again. Well, kids, the circus is coming to town! The Big Apple...
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Big Apple Circus Review
It’s here, it’s here! The circus is here! We have long been fans of the Big Apple Circus and were excited when it came back to Boston. Well, Somerville now. This year it is at Assembly Row, so not only...
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A Touch of Melancholy: My Baby Turns 10
Never before have I started crying in the baking aisle of Market Basket, I think, filling my arms with different colored writing icings and birthday candles and regular icing (because people, let’s...
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My Current Life
I admit, I am still fairly untethered after our move last summer. The kids have settled in and made friends, which is really what counts. But me? Still looking for community. I’m not the me I was a...
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How to Have a Fun and Productive Weekend When Your Minimal Plans Get Washed Out
This was my last kid-free weekend before two weekends in a row with them. I can’t wait to have my children back. But…this weekend. I still haven’t developed much of a new community, and it’s not always...
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We Tried SunBasket. Here’s My Review.
I’ve tried those meal-box kits in the past, when they made more sense, when we were four people for dinner, every day. They don’t make as much sense when we’re now sometimes three people for dinner and...
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Don’t Start Out With “I’m Not Looking to Date”
I recently told someone, before meeting in person for the first time, that I’m not looking to date. That’s half true and half bullshit, but I am in super-shy/protective mode right now. I cannot stand...
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Tuesdays Through Mid-November
6:30 a.m.: Alarm goes off. I find myself surrounded by sleeping children. Just two, but it seems like a lot to wake up to sometimes. The black cat jumps on the bed. He wants to snuggle. He’s a...
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Structure Tag: Rules for Parents
“Mom, you have to play with us. Mom, we’re playing Structure Tag. You have to be ‘It’.” It was middday Saturday. We’d had a long week and a long Friday night, with yet another soccer practice getting...
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