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Posted on June 5, 2015 by noemikjames / 10 Comments

Someone here recommended Crucial Conversations and it recently became available from my library. It’s a really incredible book about how to best execute t...

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What We Need

Posted on May 20, 2015 by noemikjames / 28 Comments

I came into my relationship with my husband (almost ten years ago!) a pretty needy person. I wanted to be with my him all the time and got frustrated when his m...

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Thank You

Posted on May 15, 2015 by noemikjames / 0 Comment

I’m getting caught up on grading and inputting said grades, so I don’t have a lot of time to write, but I wanted to say how thankful I am to have al...

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The Third Kid

Posted on May 14, 2015 by noemikjames / 27 Comments

We’re not having a third kid. I was really grateful to realize when I felt sure I didn’t actually want one (after believing my whole life that I did...

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Her Name

Posted on May 12, 2015 by noemikjames / 14 Comments

I will be honest, for the longest time I didn’t really understand when people gave names to very early losses. I think I thought it would compound their s...

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Style and a Crisis of Identity

Posted on May 6, 2015 by noemikjames / 30 Comments

I went to my cousin’s wedding this past weekend. I thought I had a dress I could wear, but when I pulled the few I own out, I realized that none of them r...

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The Reference

Posted on April 27, 2015 by noemikjames / 3 Comments

I realized after I asked if anyone knew what book that title was from, that most likely nobody would as I don’t think the book is very well known. I absol...

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Not So Positive (on) Parenting, Part 2

Posted on April 9, 2015 by noemikjames / 39 Comments

{Thank you ALL SO MUCH for your comments yesterday. They made me feel so much less alone. I really, really appreciated them. I wrote this at the same time as ye...

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Neither Here Nor There

Posted on March 24, 2015 by noemikjames / 12 Comments

Sunday night my five hours of sleep was broken every 1-1.5 hours by an inconsolable boy who can’t yet express his needs. It was exhausting. Hauling my ass...

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School Days

Posted on March 19, 2015 by noemikjames / 21 Comments

{I’m sorry I’m delinquent in posting this. It’s been a crazy couple of days and I have wanted to take the time to actually write something of ...

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