My son's first birthday has been full of opportunities to reflect and reminisce about where we were from pre-pregnancy to the present. That reflection and sharing stories with other moms and pregnant friends have led me to these takeaways...
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The News of the World

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Over the past two years, we lived through world-shifting events, from a deadly pandemic to a racial justice movement, all within months of each other. There have been catastrophic wildfires across the globe, and new strains of human killing...
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Some Days My Heart Aches

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My heart aches each time I receive an eye roll. My heart aches each time I am misunderstood and I hear clomping feet up the stairs. My heart aches when we have unkind words with one another because you get your...
We all know kids like to play pretend, morphing into dinosaurs or the Paw Patrol and mine are no exception. One day in the car, my two boys were talking about being superheroes, and I heard Simon say to...
I'm priming my son to fight for justice with me even at 18 months of age. Many people wonder what the heck that looks like for a kid so young. Mostly, it's about exposure. For us, that means being...
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The Mom Burnout

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The past few months have seemed impossible and I'm suffering from burnout. My family, which includes a 4-year-old and a 9-month-old, dealt with multiple health issues, including the flu and COVID, on top of numerous school closures, while my...
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Is It Just Me?

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Is it just me, or do you feel happy and almost relieved knowing the little “odd” things you do are also done by so many others, or the feelings you have towards something are shared by so many? Is it...
My daughter received a calendar called "Every Day's a Holiday," featuring a special event for each day of the year for Christmas this year. I just glanced at it and saw that February 17th is Random Acts of Kindness...
It’s impossible to make it through February without seeing the color red or the image of hearts in every store window or browser background. Normally card-company holidays make my eyes roll a bit, but I’ve learned through two years...
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I Think I’m Done

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If you haven’t heard about the event where Boston area moms gathered in a school field to scream, I’m confident you’ve been living under a rock. My local parenting groups filled up with discussions about how much a good...

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