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The Last Seventeen Years
Seventeen years ago, at 11:54, there was a seventeen year old girl in a hospital room bringing a baby into the world. That seventeen year old was me, and that baby was my daughter Elisabeth. Turning 16...
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Senior Year Spending
We now take this detour into parenting happenings… Senior year started in the summer and has been a roller coaster of wow, I think she’s really getting it together followed by how the hell is this kid...
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Travel Photo Friday: The College Tour
Finally headed out of town. I am in need of a little relaxing. This weekend I am doing another college tour with my kid in Northern California. While I pack and plan for colder weather, here are some...
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How to Hang With Teenagers
I love music. Like love music. I love musical theater, shows like GLEE, going to concerts, and anything music related. Who’s excited about seeing Les Mis this Christmas? I am. I have always had some...
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Age is Just a Number?
This year I am turning thirty five. And I swear I am not going whine about my age, except I am thinking, what are the thirties for? For most people I know, the thirties are for having babies, and...
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Near Perfect Nonfiction
Warning, includes political views you may not agree with! Am I a feminist? I am not sure. The definition of feminism, according to the Merriam Webster dictionary is: 1 : the theory of the political,...
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The Nixon Library: taking teenagers
Last Sunday, while most people were watching kids open Easter baskets or sitting in church, I went to the Nixon Library. This was an effort to obtain extra credit for my teenager. She isn’t getting a...
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Join the conversation
May is full of many things that have to do with me. May is the month of my birth. It is also the month of Mother’s day. It is Oncology nurses month. May is also the month where hospitals celebrate...
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Life in Numbers
Life’s moving quickly people. About to be summer crunch here! 1 week left of LOA. Wow, it went by fast, but things are going really well. 9 days until my teenager graduates high school. I can’t even...
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And then they graduated high school
Our two teenagers did it. They graduated high school. And today is my stepson’s birthday. He is now eighteen. The last 10-12 weeks was amazing. Amazingly hard, an amazing blessing, and amazingly...
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And then they grow up and move away
A week ago, my oldest turned 18. We celebrated by going to Burke Williams and indulging in facials or massages. I have never really indulged my kids growing up. We don’t go out for pedicures, and they...
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Some Thoughts on Motherhood
In the last year, I have heard people tell me more than a few times that I am good mother. It’s nice to hear it sometimes, a compliment from someone as they watch me struggle through the wilderness of...
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