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Category: Calm
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The house goes quiet in a way it never quite does during the day. Not the noisy quiet—the kind with cartoons humming in the background or a dishwasher sloshing through its last cycle—but the deep, honest quiet. The kind that settles in your bones once everyone else is asleep. This is the hour of motherhood…
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Gratitude looks a little different when you’re raising tweens. Once upon a time, Thanksgiving was all construction paper turkeys with handprint feathers, little lists scrawled in crayon: “I’m thankful for Mommy, Daddy, my dog, candy, and Legos.” Easy. Sweet. Straightforward. Now, with twelve-year-olds under my roof, “gratitude” is no longer a tidy worksheet activity or…
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Ah, homework hour. That magical stretch of time between the end of school and the start of dinner where we all transform into underqualified tutors, short-order snack chefs, and motivational speakers on the brink. If you’ve ever found yourself whisper-screaming, “Just write one sentence!” while stirring spaghetti and Googling “what is new math,” you’re not…
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Ah, August. That magical, messy stretch of time where one foot is still planted firmly in summer’s barefoot freedom—and the other is reaching for a backpack, a planner, and a working pencil sharpener (good luck). If your home feels like a collision of popsicle sticks, pool towels, and piles of Target school supplies, take a…
Fry, Party of Five 