30
Nov
I’ve had a headache for days.
Six days, I think. Maybe seven. I think that it started when Lily’s decline became obvious, when it became clear that we were going to...
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2
Aug
I don't remember when I stopped writing about ordinary life as a mom. I actually think that it was a long time ago, longer than you would think. I may...
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26
Jun
The other week, Glennon Doyle Melton - who I love - tweeted that she doesn’t let her kids use social media. I know that she’s not alone in this. Lots of...
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7
Sep
Here's a question that I've been thinking a lot about: what does it mean to say that you have purpose? Or that you have a purpose? Do you have to...
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30
Aug
Some years ago I heard Abigail Disney speak about her documentary films and about her belief in the importance of telling women's stories. She had made a film about women and war, she...
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14
Aug
I don't know about you, but I am finding the world to be a wearying and discouraging place these days. More than that: terrible, maddening, heartbreaking.
Racism. Sexism. Environmental crisis. Every...
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1
Aug
What about your apocalypse then? Well, the universe is a leaf on a time-tree, and come autumn it's going to shrivel and fall off into hell. -- China Mieville, Kraken
There's...
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11
Jul
This past weekend, my mom was evacuated from her home in British Columbia due to wildfires. She's still evacuated; she knows that her home is still standing, but the fires...
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4
Jul
It was going to be our last canoe trip before moving to the US; to say that we were looking forward to it would be a gross understatement. We loved...
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30
Jun
We’re staying home this long weekend. It’s too hot at our usual getaway (our current happy place), and we’ve just been too busy to make other plans. We may head...
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