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How Parenting is Like Playing Pac-Man

Very few things in life can be predicted with 100% certainty, however in addition to death and taxes, I’d like to add the following to that category: The probability that I will eat cake if it’s within 5 feet of meThe likelihood that I will join the slowest checkout line at the supermarketThe chances of … Continue reading How Parenting is Like Playing Pac-Man

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So I Married the Right Guy

My parents’ 20th wedding anniversary was their second to last one. By then my mother had been diagnosed with the breast cancer that would kill her soon after, but I remember my 19-year-old self thinking that 20 years of marriage was a major milestone. By the time I was 20, she was gone. I met … Continue reading So I Married the Right Guy

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What I Learned from Doing My First Podcast

Well, 2019 is shaping up to be as full of new experiences as 2018 was.  I’ve figured out how Instagram algorithms work (more on that in a later post), have partially worked out how to make them work for me, I devised a foolproof and lucrative plan for getting my kids to turn their bedroom … Continue reading What I Learned from Doing My First Podcast