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Inventory of a 13-Year Old’s Pockets
2 wallets (undisclosed contents) a ski pass a miniature mag light a jet lighter a metal jiggly puff pokemon card a hundred dollar bill notebook ear buds two ticket stubs: Prairie Home Companion and...
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I’m Selling Something…!
(Stay tuned for the next offering of How Full is Your Plate?) No doubt I will regret the blatant choice of titles for this post sometime very soon, but in this moment, I’m capturing my excitement about...
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Take Your Kids
Tell them why: Filed under: Nuts & Bolts, Takes a Village, Teens, Tweens Tagged: raise citizens, responsible citizenship, take kids to vote with you, voting, voting info project
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CHORES–Why they’re WORTH the FIGHT
I’ve written about the importance of chores before, including these posts: The Necessity of Chores HALF! Day How Full is Your Plate? an online workshop for moms But what I’ve failed to fully admit is...
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home again, gone again
the food lasts longer. so does the cleaning. routines are simpler. decisions too. but less than 48 hours later, our hearts ache in his absence. so we tell them: don’t be silly, he’ll be back soon. but...
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It could have been this simple…
Tonight, after 20 years of parenting, my creativity evaporated, so I just said: “What did you learn today?” And then I heard a whole lot about Bangladesh. Filed under: Insight, Mid-Life Mama,...
View ArticleWatching my kids eat…
They’re 18 and 23, and they don’t live with me anymore, but if we’re eating together, or worse yet if I’m simply watching them eat, I’m compelled to get involved. Aren’t you going to finish that? Wat...
View ArticleYOUR Plate is TOO Full!
Gender oppression begins in the home. Come eradicate it with me with this whole-family approach to conscious collaboration & change. The “How Full is YOUR Plate?” project was created back when my...
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There’s something about a college graduation. I can’t put my finger on it. Last weekend, at the farmers market, I came across another college graduate and she told me about her plans to return west to...
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