Category Archives: Days to Remember

We’re rocking 9/09/09, Beatles style!

Boom! BeatleMania has hit my house! We’ve had on the family calendar the much anticipated release of The Beatles RockBand for a VERY LONG TIME. In part because my husband works at Harmonix, and we’ve been missing him lately, as … Continue reading

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Eleven

Eleven years ago this week, a man I’d been dating for about 8 months asked me to marry him. We had been developing an incredibly loving relationship from the roots of a good friendship. He made me laugh. He totally … Continue reading

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Of leaps and bounds

Sometimes, I’m completely blindsided by something new one of my children does. Like when the 5 year old, who is going through a picky phase, voluntarily tries tuna fish and declares that she loves it. Or when the seven year … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Walden Pond

I have to admit. My first impression of Walden Pond wasn’t good. Don Henley’s “The Last Resort” was playing through my mind as I parked in the HUGE parking lot and walked with my kids by the tourist information signs, … Continue reading

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The pool and the girl

Today, as one daughter eagerly bopped away from us for an impromptu playdate after school, the other melted into a sad puddle of sobbing. For not being invited. For being left out. Again. It’s hard to have a very social … Continue reading

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