Summer Reading 2018
It’s summer reading season! I started working on my summer reading list a few weeks ago, and it’s… ambitious. Maybe impossible. I have 37 books on there, and I’ve only finished...
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What I’ve Learned From Blogging Every Day
Today is the last day of my two-week blogging series. I’m really happy with the results! I set out to write a post every weekday for two weeks, and ended up with 11 posts in 14 days (I wrote an ...
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The Downside of Empathy
One of the biggest reasons to read fiction with a child is to develop his capacity for empathy: a good novel will put you into another person’s mindset. That’s a vital life skill. Empathy ...
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What’s Making Me Happy in April
It’s been awhile since I’ve done a “What’s Making Me Happy” post, but doing this blog series prompted me to write one for April. Coincidentally, my friend Sara Letournea...
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The Question You Should Be Asking About Screen Time
I’ve been struggling to decide where I stand on the question of limits on screen time– not for myself, but for my kids. Although I know many people feel over-connected to their phones, tha...
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The Path of Anxiety in my Mind
I would not classify myself as an anxious person, but I do have a predisposition towards feeling anxiety once in awhile. When I’m feeling anxiety, there’s an unnaturalness in my brain, a t...
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