Back in grade school, I could be off the bus and at my front door by 2:50 p.m., leaving just enough time to change out of my uniform, grab a Little Debbie snack cake, and take a seat in front of the television for that day’s episode of Guiding Light. During the years I watched [...]
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I was never that good at coaching – in the traditional sense, at least. During the nine years I was a teacher, I spent seven as a coach: of basketball, of softball, of lacrosse. The best coaching I did was when I headed up a junior varsity girls’ high school basketball team. My own love [...]
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I have been a parent for four years, four months, and eight days. I’m not sure how many of those days it took for me to realize the only truism of parenting: There is no one right way to do any of this. — We worked on potty training this weekend with our two year [...]
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I know I’m not the first or the only person moved at the beginning of January to reflect on the year that just ended. But, when I saw Tsh’s list of 20 questions for reflecting on 2011 over at Simple Mom, I knew I wanted to stop and write on them. What can I say? Cliche, thy [...]
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