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The Shape and Texture of a Decade
Eight days ago, I attended my 20 year high school reunion. It was good to see old friends, but I found I am an entirely different person than I was 20 years ago. My alteration is unsurprising, most...
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The Half Life of Parenting and Other Things
Today my little girl Moira turned nine. She is half-way to eighteen, and she is my youngest child. Nine years ago, I held her for the first time. Nine years from now we hope and expect that she’ll be...
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Back in the Water
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water . . . I was four years old when Jaws II came out in theaters. I stood in the sun eating a Pop-sickle and watched my neighbors … Continue...
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An Open Letter to Halloween Costume Designers
Dear People who design Children’s Halloween Costumes, The pumpkins are coming, the pumpkins are coming! Candy corn has replaced school supplies and your costumes have chased out garden hoses in...
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Don’t Blink
We could have been at gymnastics practice. We could have been at music lessons. Instead, we were in the backyard as last of evening light slowly faded and the sun slipped behind the West side of our...
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Day Thirteen: A lighter shade of pale, or when you’re glad it’s a virus
Liam requested chicken noodle soup for dinner. Liam doesn’t like soup. Liam came to dinner holding his stomach and didn’t eat his soup. Liam went to bed at 6:00 pm with the giant popcorn bowl, a...
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It Was a Monday
I am not sleeping, so I will write. Tonight (which is now yesterday) at dinner, Liam asked, “Do you know what today is?” and Jim and I looked at each other, just briefly, before I asked Liam to tell...
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A Decade of Mo – The Most Beautiful Girl in My World
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then here is the story of the life my most precious pearl, june bug, Gemini, baby girl. The one, the only, the amazing Moira. Happy tenth birthday to my darling...
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