She fixed her soft eyes on me across the café table. “Tell me about your kids,” she said. All she…
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Thinking
On Leslie Knope and Wholehearted Living
Most mornings, I run on the treadmill in my basement rather than leave the house at an ungodly hour in…
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When Hard Work is Mistaken for Talent
“…if we work hard enough, hard work will eventually be mistaken for talent. And if we refuse to give up,…
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When I Became a Mother, I Wish Someone Told Me…
When I became a mother, I wish someone told me that families have seasons. I should have figured this out…
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Doing the Work
My husband’s cousin married an artist. A real, honest-to-goodness, brush-to-canvas artist. When we first met, I saw a few pencil…
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de(tales): mask
They filled storefront windows down each canal and street. Most were cheap copies, a garish rainbow of colors with fake…
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