Family
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My Mother’s House
(Shout out to all the 90’s youth group kids who got the title reference to “My Father’s House” praise song. You know you were doing the hand motions, too! Don’t hide it!) For…
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Weekend Recap
It’s been a while since we have had a need for a good, lazy weekend. Most of our weekends feel like extensions of our regular weeks these days. But Chris has gone back…
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A Lesson in Sour Grapes
The morning of Bean’s birthday, we gave him is phone. He was ecstatic and super surprised because we told him he couldn’t get one until he started middle school in the fall. Needless…
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How We Talked to Our Kids About Racism
I’m going to start this post out by saying that I have zero answers for anything happening in our country right now. I have no idea how to love POC better. I have…
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A Pandemic-Approved Fun Night
It’s hard to believe that we are starting Week 7 of being at home. It feels like this is all we have ever known by now. I can’t even remember what life was…
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One of Those Mornings
This morning was just… it was… it was a shit show, is really what it was. It was a nightmare of large scale proportions and I wanted to jump back in my bed…
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Weekend Recap
After a particularly brutal work week (prepping for upcoming travel, beginning onboarding prep for three new ClassMax schools, and completely feral children), I needed a relaxing weekend like nothing else! One of the…
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Report from the Homefront
I feel like a do a pretty good job of telling it like it is around here. When we struggle, I share. When we fall short, I share. When we face challenges, I…
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Girls Weekend in Chi Town
A few weekends ago, my mom, sister, and I met in Chicago for a super fun girls weekend. Our plan for a girls weekend originally was that we would go to Bar Harbor,…
