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My grandmother passed away today. She was 93 and had severe dementia. We have all been waiting for her to slip away for so long – it’s been her time...

My husband is about to go away with friends to a music festival in Memphis from Tuesday to Sunday. It also happens to be book fair week at my daughter’s s...

As I mentioned last year, we found someone willing to be president of our PTA. This year I am vice-president, in hopes of helping the new president through her ...

The beginning of the school year is always busy and stressful for me, as both a teacher and parent. This year was especially so. This last week I had three Back...

I have mugs with pictures of both my kids: One of my daughter with various pictures I took in her first year and one with my son’s newborn photo shoot sho...

Today is my kids’ first day of school. My daughter is now a 4th grader and my son is in Kindergarten. And for the first time ever, they are AT THE SAME SC...

Thanks for attending my pity party yesterday. I was in a pretty bummed out place when I wrote that: my husband had decided to pick a fight with me the night bef...

Such a weird (and very much appreciated!) coincidence that Captain Awkward posted this yesterday. Definitely helping me deal with today.

So I went to St. Louis for over two weeks and wrote ZERO posts and then got back and continued writing ZERO posts and now it’s Wednesday and I’m fee...

There is a beautiful park near my parents’ house. I used to hike it as a kid, and I still run there when I’m on the peninsula and have some time to ...