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Lessons from a family vacation
“Never let your schooling interfere with your learning” (Mark Twain). Dear children, This is what I hope you learned on our latest family vacation (the one where you had 10 days of no school): 1) You live a very privileged life. You father and I are not made of money. We...
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“Never let your schooling interfere with your learning” (Mark Twain). Dear children, This is what I hope you learned on our latest family vacation (the one where you had 10 days of no school): 1) You live a very privileged life. You father and I are not made of money. We...
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Messages of Love
Messages of Love: I recently celebrated my birthday, and every year on that day, I pull out my old answering machine, plug it in and listen to the message my Dad left me on my birthday in 2011 for my 30th. It was the last time he called me, as a few days later he […]
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Messages of Love: I recently celebrated my birthday, and every year on that day, I pull out my old answering machine, plug it in and listen to the message my Dad left me on my birthday in 2011 for my 30th. It was the last time he called me, as a few days later he […]
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Messages of Love
Messages of Love: I recently celebrated my birthday, and every year on that day, I pull out my old answering machine, plug it in and listen to the message my Dad left me on my birthday in 2011 for my 30th. It was the last time he called me, as a few days later he […]
Published at The Zoom Family
Messages of Love: I recently celebrated my birthday, and every year on that day, I pull out my old answering machine, plug it in and listen to the message my Dad left me on my birthday in 2011 for my 30th. It was the last time he called me, as a few days later he […]
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Being Present
Ever had one of “those” days? You know the kind. Those long days of Motherhood where there is not nearly enough sleep, a truckload of playground sand on the kitchen floor and you could really use a chef, chauffeur and a money tree. I know that the “perfect” day with a heal...
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Ever had one of “those” days? You know the kind. Those long days of Motherhood where there is not nearly enough sleep, a truckload of playground sand on the kitchen floor and you could really use a chef, chauffeur and a money tree. I know that the “perfect” day with a heal...
Published at The Zoom Family
Being Present
Ever had one of “those” days? You know the kind. Those long days of Motherhood where there is not nearly enough sleep, a truckload of playground sand on the kitchen floor and you could really use a chef, chauffeur and a money tree. I know that the “perfect” day with a heal...
Published at The Zoom Family
Ever had one of “those” days? You know the kind. Those long days of Motherhood where there is not nearly enough sleep, a truckload of playground sand on the kitchen floor and you could really use a chef, chauffeur and a money tree. I know that the “perfect” day with a heal...
Published at The Zoom Family
Leah Dawn: Princess Jester
Our little girl is 5 today. She is, of course, the Queen of our hearts. But I didn’t expect her to also be our court Jester. If laughter is the best medicine, then thanks to Leah, we should all be in excellent health. If you need a little pick me up scroll down through her […]
Published at The Zoom Family
Our little girl is 5 today. She is, of course, the Queen of our hearts. But I didn’t expect her to also be our court Jester. If laughter is the best medicine, then thanks to Leah, we should all be in excellent health. If you need a little pick me up scroll down through her […]
Published at The Zoom Family
Leah Dawn: Princess Jester
Our little girl is 5 today. She is, of course, the Queen of our hearts. But I didn’t expect her to also be our court Jester. If laughter is the best medicine, then thanks to Leah, we should all be in excellent health. If you need a little pick me up scroll down through her […]
Published at The Zoom Family
Our little girl is 5 today. She is, of course, the Queen of our hearts. But I didn’t expect her to also be our court Jester. If laughter is the best medicine, then thanks to Leah, we should all be in excellent health. If you need a little pick me up scroll down through her […]
Published at The Zoom Family
Living with a Newborn
There is one quote that keeps running through my mind in these early weeks of having a newborn. It’s by ET Sullivan: “The greatest forces in the world are not the earthquakes and the thunderbolts. The greatest forces in the world are babies.” Very few forces change a home like a baby ...
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There is one quote that keeps running through my mind in these early weeks of having a newborn. It’s by ET Sullivan: “The greatest forces in the world are not the earthquakes and the thunderbolts. The greatest forces in the world are babies.” Very few forces change a home like a baby ...
Published at The Zoom Family
Living with a Newborn
There is one quote that keeps running through my mind in these early weeks of having a newborn. It’s by ET Sullivan: “The greatest forces in the world are not the earthquakes and the thunderbolts. The greatest forces in the world are babies.” Very few forces change a home like a baby ...
Published at The Zoom Family
There is one quote that keeps running through my mind in these early weeks of having a newborn. It’s by ET Sullivan: “The greatest forces in the world are not the earthquakes and the thunderbolts. The greatest forces in the world are babies.” Very few forces change a home like a baby ...
Published at The Zoom Family
Dad books
We’ve been raiding our local library for all the books about Dad’s in preparation for Father’s Day. Here are the six we have enjoyed the most. Goodnight iPad (note the authors name on this one). I gave this book to my husband at Christmas, paired with enough cash for him to buy ...
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We’ve been raiding our local library for all the books about Dad’s in preparation for Father’s Day. Here are the six we have enjoyed the most. Goodnight iPad (note the authors name on this one). I gave this book to my husband at Christmas, paired with enough cash for him to buy ...
Published at The Zoom Family
Dad books
We’ve been raiding our local library for all the books about Dad’s in preparation for Father’s Day. Here are the six we have enjoyed the most. Goodnight iPad (note the authors name on this one). I gave this book to my husband at Christmas, paired with enough cash for him to buy ...
Published at The Zoom Family
We’ve been raiding our local library for all the books about Dad’s in preparation for Father’s Day. Here are the six we have enjoyed the most. Goodnight iPad (note the authors name on this one). I gave this book to my husband at Christmas, paired with enough cash for him to buy ...
Published at The Zoom Family
It Takes a Village to Raise a Mother
Previously on Mother’s Day, I have focused too much on what I lack (namely the loss of my own mother). Perhaps I have been too concerned with myself. My guilt. My to-do list. Where I fall short, and so on. I have a personal vision statement for my life which is entitled “I MotherR...
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Previously on Mother’s Day, I have focused too much on what I lack (namely the loss of my own mother). Perhaps I have been too concerned with myself. My guilt. My to-do list. Where I fall short, and so on. I have a personal vision statement for my life which is entitled “I MotherR...
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It Takes a Village to Raise a Mother
Previously on Mother’s Day, I have focused too much on what I lack (namely the loss of my own mother). Perhaps I have been too concerned with myself. My guilt. My to-do list. Where I fall short, and so on. I have a personal vision statement for my life which is entitled “I MotherR...
Published at The Zoom Family
Previously on Mother’s Day, I have focused too much on what I lack (namely the loss of my own mother). Perhaps I have been too concerned with myself. My guilt. My to-do list. Where I fall short, and so on. I have a personal vision statement for my life which is entitled “I MotherR...
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Simple Sunday Supper
I love to ask my children what they wanna be when they grow up. One of the many things my 6-year-old will tell you is that he wants to start a food truck called “Punch Lunch” (because you would use a hole punch to punch your order, and he would serve secret punch recipes, like […]
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I love to ask my children what they wanna be when they grow up. One of the many things my 6-year-old will tell you is that he wants to start a food truck called “Punch Lunch” (because you would use a hole punch to punch your order, and he would serve secret punch recipes, like […]
Published at The Zoom Family
Simple Sunday Supper
I love to ask my children what they wanna be when they grow up. One of the many things my 6-year-old will tell you is that he wants to start a food truck called “Punch Lunch” (because you would use a hole punch to punch your order, and he would serve secret punch recipes, like […]
Published at The Zoom Family
I love to ask my children what they wanna be when they grow up. One of the many things my 6-year-old will tell you is that he wants to start a food truck called “Punch Lunch” (because you would use a hole punch to punch your order, and he would serve secret punch recipes, like […]
Published at The Zoom Family
