Music and Memories

Growing up in Southern California for me was all about music, the beach, and a Volkswagen. My best friend was 2 years older than me. She did everything first. Since I had 2 older brothers who barely acknowledged my existence, this was my person. She had music and a car. I learned most of my […]

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Adjectives

My daughter came home from school a few weeks back talking about how a boy called her fat. He wanted to prove his strength to the class and claimed, “I’m so strong I can pick up this whole class…well, except for (G) because she’s fat.” Naturally, it crushed her. She’s 9. 3rd grade. The wild […]

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Alone Time

Today is January 2, 2020. For the first time this whole break, my husband took our kids out to run errands and I was able to de-Christmas most of our house in that time. I had a magical few hours of alone time. Here’s what I learned being alone in the house: 1. I prepared […]

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