Category: Parenting
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Around the Table, Raising Kids in a Divided World
What happens inside our homes rarely makes the headlines, but it shapes everything that comes next. From pandemic lunches to riot-filled evenings, this is a reflection on raising kids through uncertainty, hard conversations, and the quiet work of staying present when the world feels divided. Read more
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The Magic We Didn’t Know We Were Making: Our Advent Tradition of Simple Surprises
When the kids were little, we didn’t do anything fancy for Advent — just one small December surprise each day. Coloring pages. Pajamas and hot cocoa. A car ride to look at lights. But those tiny, ordinary moments somehow turned into the memories my kids talk about the most. This is our story, and the… Read more
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Encouraging or Crushing? How Parents Shape Their Kids With Words
I wasn’t trying to listen—but once I heard those words, I couldn’t un-hear them. It made me wonder how often our kids carry more than just gear after practice. Sometimes they carry the weight of our words too. Read more
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She’s Got Help: What Marvel Taught Me About Found Family
We don’t need powers to be powerful. We just need people who show up. A story about Marvel, motherhood, and the sacred art of being there. Read more
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From Potty Training to Paying Bills: Why Small Wins Deserve Applause
You ever hear something so funny and so weird in a public restroom that it turns into a life lesson? Same. This is a story about a toddler, a cheerleader-mom, and why we should all be a little more generous with our gold stars. Especially the invisible kind. Read more
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You Smell Like Breakfast
Years ago, back in the elementary school days — the era of Velcro shoes, Pokémon cards, and Goldfish crackers ground permanently into the backseat of the mini van— one of my kids was running late for the bus. In a half-asleep act of maternal chaos, I found myself sprinting two blocks down our street — Read more