I finish work early and rush home so I can pick Joe up and take him for ice cream, but I also haven’t seen Bobbie all day, so we all go to get ice cream, …
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two kids
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my peace
Morrison has always said I need a hobby. I say baking is my hobby, but it has a very clear point, feeding people, and doesn’t a TRUE hobby need to be less, I guess, productive? …
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how to make the fire about yourself
My new neighbor is outside her house sweeping up ash, she stops me to tell me they almost bought a house in Atladena. They were deciding between that one and the one next to us, …
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what to wear when the world is burning
8 PM Tuesday night, Santa Ana winds howling like ghost trains, Morrison giving us all headlamps, our neighbor texting FIRE!!!! As another put the one in his yard out with a garden hose, a firetruck …
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can you tell
me, after watching Morrison eat a giant chicken parmesan sub, while I eat carrots: Me: I’ve gained a few pounds back, can you tell? Morrison:….I think you look great Me: so you can tell? Morrison: …
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resolutions
wash face drink water write things on family calendar on the kitchen fridge respond to texts check on friends smell children bathe them smell them again listen to husband without a wandering mind take a …
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white jesus
Walking home from the park, Joe spots a nativity scene. Joe: OOOOH, LOOK MOM! A NATIVITY SCENE! But I don’t see Jesus! Me: He’s right there, honey. He’s the baby in the manger. Joe: That’s …
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goodbye, hello
The Notebook closed on Broadway last weekend, after a ten month run, after a 7 year birth. There’s things we tell ourselves, and the things people tell us, to make us all feel better, this …
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toilet paper
From 2004-2006, my friend Elizabeth and I shared a TINY (TINY TINY) apartment in the west village. We were both in grad school, we had a pet mouse and roasted a lot of broccoli and …
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I am a good mom
Joe doesn’t want to go to school, he wants to stay home and play. I tell him if he puts his socks on, we can go to target later and he can get a Car. …