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The dire warnings against mingling money with friendship date back to Shakespeare, when Polonius, the chief counselor to King Claudius in Hamlet, says, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for a loan often…
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To say yesterday morning was exceptionally emotional is an understatement. My little guy boarded a bus full of strangers to Maine, off to Experience Camps –an amazing week-long program tailored for children who have experienced…
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Today is already shaping up to be this kind of day: Sunglasses for no reason except daylight (even sans sun) seems way too bright. Oh, and they work as a makeshift headband for…
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Soooo…let me tell you about my upcoming weekend. ✔️ My beautiful, brilliant bonus daughter is graduating from college tomorrow. When I met her, she still believed in Santa Claus, and I absolutely adore…
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My son–my sun–turned 9-years-old yesterday, and, for the first time ever, he didn’t run down the hall to greet me with a kiss at 6:00 a.m. (due a terrifying medical emergency I had…
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This is 100% MommyDishMondayMotivation. If parents’ priorities were straight (ahem, Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin), they would be happy supporting whatever their kids’ dreams and aspirations are (elite college or no college if they…
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My beloved 8-year-old son lost his father 8 months ago. At such a tender, impressionable age, he hand selected the dapper suit and tie he would wear to his dad’s funeral, he delivered…
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I must interrupt my snarky memes to post this, which will hopefully increase understanding and awareness of ADHD. I love this! And, if you have anything similar about another condition that you’d like…
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Special thanks to my friends over at Thyroid Survivor Network for sharing an article I wrote about my best friend Jill’s grueling thyroid cancer journey. Thyroid cancer is not the “good cancer.” When you read…
Continue readingStarting the day with an epic search for my cell phone! Usually, I can turn all sources of noise off–including authoritatively sssshhhhhhhhh-ing my kids–long enough to hear the faint, tantalizing whisper of my…
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It was a battle of wits last night in my home. The Tooth Fairy versus an insatiably curious and inquisitive 8-year-old who doubts her very existence. My son has only lost four teeth….
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I turned 45 recently, and I suddenly feel like a mom on the D-list. I am officially stalking 50 (hey, you always round up, right?), and half of my life is over, if…
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Bombogenesis. In all of my long suffering winters as a native Bostonian, I have never heard this term. Blizzard? Sure. Snowpocalypse? Yup. But bombogenesis? Yikes. Hearing the panic-stricken weather forecasters screech “bombogenesis” on…
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