I turned 41 yesterday, an age which my friend Alina aptly described as ‘you’re basically too old to be cute or appealing and too young to have lived an interesting life or wisdom…it’s a no …
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we should help them
Joe spots a (presumably) homeless person sleeping on a bus station bench as we drive by. Joe: What happened to THAT guy? Me: (measured, carefully): He’s sleeping, because he’s tired. Joe: Why? Me: Because his …
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mom guilt
Maybe you’re a man, specifically a Dad man, and you’re reading this blog wondering, what is like to be a Woman, specifically a Mother? It’s so so wonderful, and it hurts, but most of all, …
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the theragun
I’m almost 41, Morrison almost 42, which used to feel old to me, but now it of course feels young, but also old. The theragun sits on the kitchen counter and never leaves like it’s …
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Ice cream
Joe’s namesake, my grandpa Joe, ate a bowl of Neapolitan ice cream basically every night of his life, up until his death. Even in the throes of Alzheimer’s he knew he needed his ice cream, …
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Johnny
Earlier this week, The Notebook musical lost a family member: John Beasley, our OG Older Noah. He took what Ingrid and I created above and beyond our expectations, at 79 years old his performance was …
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almond butter everywhere
I used to go to parties, or Party? and now I scrub almond butter off of plates that have already been through the dishwasher. I went to Prague once and bought a necklace on Charles …
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Scream Sometimes
For parents who don’t want to straight up spank their children, but ALSO don’t support full gentle parenting because telling a screaming toddler who’s peeing on your sweater that you ‘understand what they’re going through’ …
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Everything Salad
Putting everything seasoning on a salad is kind of like having a Bagel, just like sticking your foot in a mixing bowl of water is like swimming in the ocean and Remembering chocolate is like …
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dear blueberry on the floor
Dear blueberry on the kitchen floor: it’s not that I don’t see you, it’s that I Can’t. It’s not that I don’t know I should bend down and pick you up, it’s that I won’t. …