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Parenting posts that include the touching, the embarrassing, the annoying, the typical, the atypical, the whatever. You just have to be a parent to get these.

There are times when I see my son playing alone and I think “I should’ve had another baby.” It hits me hard and deep – a guilty ache flooding my entire being. There was a time, when he was two or three years old – we tried for a while to give him a sibling. […]

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Do you ever think about whether making New Year’s resolutions changes your behavior? Does writing down a fitness goal make you stick to it? For some, the mere act of making a list is a reminder each day to go to the gym rather than checking Netflix’s recommendations. For others, it’s something that feels like […]

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There isn’t a particular holiday gift I got as a child that stands out in memory as being the best. None have become stories told to my own child, or are laughed about over Christmas dinners with my brothers. One year, I got the Barbie Dream House and pool, but that may have been for […]

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I’ll come right out and say it. I gave up some personal dignity last night. Heartfelt integrity even — because of holiday commercialism, of all things. As in… (*shuffles feet and looks sideways*) I gave into the Elf on the Shelf. I know. I’m more embarrassed by me than you are, I promise. And after […]

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Although we’re familiar with the expression “there are no dumb ideas,” let’s face it. There are extremely stupid ideas, some of which lead to death. Most of those start with somebody saying “Come on! It’ll be fun!” And then they end up in the newspaper and people share their ideas on social media and give […]

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