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She is up too early. Daddy left for a work trip before she woke up. She doesn’t like the way her socks feel. She doesn’t want to eat breakfast. She is so hungry. Her shirt is wrong. She wants to “phone-time” daddy. He is on the train. The reception is…

There are days that my four-year-old rolls out of the house in her PJs, in Halloween Costumes, in fancy party dresses, or with hair that honestly looks like it could nest a family of birds. She is living her best life, beating her own drum, and finding joy in every…

My kids have had a pretty stress-free and low-key summer. We didn’t take any crazy trips, they weren’t overbooked with camps, and they had minimum responsibilities (a small number of chores to do each day). They slept in, wore bathing suits all day, every day, and wore sunscreen perfume. It…

I have three very different readers in my house. A learned to decode quickly and has become a voracious reader of emotionally-fueled novels. N was slower to decode, but has always been a voracious consumer of knowledge. L is a reader-pleaser. She picks the books she feels her reader will…

Last week my family embarked on our annual Jersey Shore “vacation.” I use the word vacation loosely, as we are a family of five humans and one puppy. As I sat in my beach chair by the water, I had a realization that brought tears to my eyes. I sat…