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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.

We should still be hanging out with my in-laws, out of town, but Tucker was sick.  AGAIN.  I’d heard rumors that once kids start preschool that they’re sick A LOT, but sortof felt immune, and figured the anti-germ death rays collected in the millions of community activities we’ve participated in might have prepared his immune […]

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I hope to write a meaningful “thankful” post tomorrow, but wanted to briefly acknowledge how appreciative I am that Steve Jobs was a genius.  As we’re packing up to travel on the road for 6 ½ hours (unless the traffic is bad, which it will be as it’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and we live […]

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If you’ve read The Story section of this site, you know that I’ve given up on SoccerTots for the time being.  Plus, Tucker’s in school now and the Saturday classes have an entirely different dynamic to them than the weekday ones do.  And frankly, I’d rather find our own fun on the weekends.  Anyway, for […]

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When I read Huff Post’s article about how it’s important to have mom in the picture, I realized that I do the same.  I avoid photos of myself with Tucker because they’re embarrassing.  After all, he’s so much cuter than I am.  I remember liking photos of me at 24.  At 34.  But, not so […]

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Dear Sleep, You’re on my shit list.  We had a date last night.  As we always do.  Which is why it’s defined in our contract as a “standing date.”  I waited for you.  For hours.  You didn’t show up.  I find your behavior rude and inconsiderate. You’d better have a really good excuse for last […]

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This morning, on the way to school, Fun’s “We are Young” came on the radio.  Its chorus makes me want to get up and dance with my arms in the air every time I hear it.  Perhaps my joy was infectious.  Perhaps Tucker has heard this song so often that he recognizes it. He was […]

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