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Road Trip Update Number 2: Days, 13- 20 | Allie Smith
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The Latchkey Mom Explained. Road Trip Update Number 2: Days, 13- 20. July 5, 2015. Greetings from the road, where we’ve been very busy. Can I just say, we live in the most amazing country on Earth? What an adventure we’re having. It hasn’t been perfect by any means, but the good by far outweighs the bad. Rich joined us for Father’s Day and his birthday, and the respite he provided me was invaluable. I also appreciate the solidarity! After we left Michigan, we visited Chicago. I got to meet Mimi Sager.
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Experienced Bad Mom's Guide to School-age Summer Fun - Experienced Bad Mom
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Not Just a Bad Mom, But an Experienced Bad Mom. About Me & The Blog. How it all began. Experienced Bad Mom’s Guide to School-age Summer Fun. June 10, 2015. Summer is finally here in our neck of the woods! As I write this, I’m picturing lazy summer days and nights ahead, filled with family time and magical experiences. Yeah, right. My kids, ages 11 and 8, were bored and/or fighting over absolutely INANE stuff within 45 minutes of school ending. What’s a mom to do? Go on a picnic. Have a lemonade stand.
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Our Summer Adventures So Far - Experienced Bad Mom
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Not Just a Bad Mom, But an Experienced Bad Mom. About Me & The Blog. How it all began. Our Summer Adventures So Far. July 29, 2015. It feels like only 10 minutes ago that we wrapped up another school year and switched gears for summer camp. Yet, here we are, officially knee deep in summer! A camper cabin over Fourth of July weekend. Getting a pedicure from my daughter. I forked over $20 so my kids could ride a zipline for 6 seconds. They loved it! Abilities where I tell it like it is and try to dissuade ...
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How To Deal With Brothers | Red Boots
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From dancing to walking and everything in between… and beyond. Skip to primary content. I heart the 80s. A to Z Challenge. Red Boots and Beyond. How To Deal With Brothers. August 1, 2015. Her drawings, poems and stories are full of the sugar and spice of 9-year-old girls, often with a small twist or a quietly shrewd observation that reminds me just how much those eyes are noticing. How To Deal With Brothers by Sage Gilbert. Do you have a brother? Do you want to know how to deal with him? With baby brothe...
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Teaching My Five Year-Old Son That Girls Are Not “Just Girls” | iamthemilk
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Skip to main content. Skip to secondary content. Every day I'm jugglin'. Freshly Pressed and VOTY. Sometimes I’m Funny. Sometimes I’m deep. Teaching My Five Year-Old Son That Girls Are Not “Just Girls”. August 13, 2015. When I think of birthdays, I’m reminded of a post I wrote a couple of weeks before my son’s sixth birthday in May and never published until now. But Daniel, she’s just a girl. The girl in question was Scarlet Johansson dressed up as her Avengers. Says Milan Kundera in Immortality. Of Boy,...
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Book Review: The Idea of Love | Allie Smith
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The Latchkey Mom Explained. Book Review: The Idea of Love. June 23, 2015. By Patti Callahan Henry. A book review by Allie Smith. Ella has doesn’t have a great love story. She’s had her heart broken and is in no mood to make nice with a stranger. But with charm and persistence, Hunter manages to get Ella to open up. Or does she? One of the reasons why I love to read this author’s work is that I feel like she. Yes I get it, I sometimes have those same thoughts! Seriously, how did she do that? I really love...
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Today, I’m Turning Forty | Shannon Day's Martinis & Motherhood
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Shannon Day's Martinis and Motherhood. A site for martini-sipping moms…. About Shannon Day…. Cocktail and Martini Recipes. A coffee with…. Martinis and Motherhood – The Book. Moms’ Martini Getaways. Today, I’m Turning Forty. August 2, 2015. Today, I’m turning forty! And it’s kind of a big deal. Yet at the same time, it’s not really. Though it feels a bit surreal. Because forty year-olds are middle-aged. So that means I am, too. No longer am I young. But neither are my crew! My pals, they age along with me.
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Home Is Where I Am | Red Boots
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From dancing to walking and everything in between… and beyond. Skip to primary content. I heart the 80s. A to Z Challenge. Red Boots and Beyond. Home Is Where I Am. July 23, 2015. When my son comes home from anywhere he bursts through the back door with dusty sneakers, bits of his day caught in his dark brown hair and on his thick eyelashes, and always an exuberant: I’m ho-ome! Still Home is home. And yet. Home is home. The radio in the car is set to Galgalatz, and the catchy combination of popular Israe...
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Life: True Story | Commonplace
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Seeking the story in the ordinary. Dina L. Relles. The garage door lifted against the night. 4am may be morning, but all pitch black and silence, you wouldn’t know it. The car beep startled me awake as I slid into the driver seat, coffee clutched, and set out for Pittsburgh. Minutes before, I’d fingered the wisps of hair that fell across my baby’s forehead. When he woke for the day, I’d be halfway across the state. In Pittsburgh, I was met at the Creative Nonfiction Writers’ Conference. To seek understan...
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