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10 Tricks to Become More Present Parents
How can we be more present in our lives? How can we get better at being Here? In April, I kicked off the Here Year, a yearlong tackling of these important (I think) questions. First, I studied...
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I’m a Morph Mom!
A while back, I did an interview with the wonderful Kathleen Smith of MorphMom.com which is a space for working mom inspiration. I met Kathleen through my friend Rachel Cedar and the whole thing was a...
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The Here Year Month #3: Marriage
In April, I started my Here Year, a yearlong examination of the topic of Presence through a new lens each month. April was Home. May was Parenthood. And June will be Marriage. I’m so excited for the...
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“She’s got my back, and I’ve got hers.”
The following is a guest post from a man who is a husband, father, doctor (& wonderful writer). So thrilled to have this male perspective here. The evening of our 5th anniversary, my wife and I...
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What My Therapist Said About Marriage
I had an early morning appointment with my therapist yesterday. I see her once a month at this point and truth be told, it feels like an indulgence because there are no real crises at the moment (thank...
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The Best Thing I’ve Done For My Marriage?
It was a Saturday night. We went downtown for a late dinner. It was a nice night so we sat outside. The restaurant we picked was part of a super trendy hotel. As we nibbled on kale salad and artichoke...
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“All of a sudden, everything was different.”
The following is a guest post from S, a reader and friend, who would like to remain anonymous at this point. When there was only silence where there should have been a heartbeat I was alone in the...
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On Social Media & Marriage
Facebook. Twitter. Pinterest. Instagram, too. Social media. So many of us are immersed, enthralled, obsessed. But what does this thing, this odd ether, this ineffable urge to not only live our...
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What I’ve Learned About Marriage
Marriage. I’m no expert on marriage and yet, in some sense, I’m as much an expert as any of us is. I’m not versed in statistics nor do I have any real interest in being so versed, but I have been...
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July & August: Where I’ll Be
July. A brand new month. The plan was to come here today and announce the next topic for my HERE Year. In case you’re new to this site, I have, along with Lindsey Mead, undertaken a yearlong...
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The Here Year Month #4: Time
September. The girls go back to school next week. I go back to blogging today. The past two months have been fantastic and fast. I know it is cliched to bemoan the swift passage of time, but that’s...
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How Are You Spending Your Time?
there are only 24 hours in a day. After a dinner of takeout last night, I leaned over the top of my kitchen island last night and looked Husband in the eye and confessed something: I’m feeling...
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It’s not easy, but it’s beautiful.
The big girls start school today. Second grade and kindergarten at Dalton, where I went from K-12. I honestly can’t believe it. I remember being their ages, those September days, starting school. And...
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A Rainbow Bright Beginning
On Wednesday, the school year began. We all went off together, to Dalton. The school that was once mine, to the school that made me. I trailed behind my creatures, my hands shaky with love and...
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Confessions of a Soccer Mom
Athletics were a huge part of my life growing up. In school, I played soccer, basketball and softball. Senior year of high school, I was captain of each of these teams and oh did I live for game days....
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A Happier Hour with Jennifer Senior & 10 Things You Should Know About Parenthood
Last winter, Mom told me about a book she’d read. It’s very interesting, she declared and this meant something to me because my mother, a voracious reader, has a high bar for literary praise. I bought...
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How She Does It: Brettne Bloom
meet brettne. … I’m not a morning person, so the first hour of my day is like stumbling through a fog until I’ve had my first cup of coffee. My two daughters share a room and they’re usually up and...
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Please, Please Enjoy Life
Please, please, enjoy life. These are not my words. They are Charlotte Kitley’s words. Words from her final blog post entitled “And So There Must Come An End.” Charlotte had cancer and died this week,...
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Bagels and Cream Cheese
What follows is another beautiful submission for the HERE Year topic of Time. Bagels and Cream Cheese by Adina Teitel Kahn I arrived at my parents’ apartment at 9:00am that Saturday morning. I rang...
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12 Closing Thoughts on Time
Today is September 30th. Another good month has slipped on by. I’ve so enjoyed exploring and examining Time and this marks my final post on this fourth topic of my HERE Year. As with Home, Parenthood,...
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