Smooth Move: 5 Ways to Help Your Child Transition to a New City
“My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like…
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9 Natural Deodorants Put to the Test
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.” – Margaret Atwood No one wants to smell like the hot stank of 4th-grade classroom after gym…
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10 Tips for My Daughters on How to Dress Themselves
At preschool drop-off another mom pointed out,”Your daughter’s socks don’t match.” I turned my palms upward in a je ne sais pas and wrinkled my nose,…
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Two Little Words that Can Change the Way You Parent
There will be no next time. That’s what I tell my girls when they flub up. Busted. You really messed up and now you’re outta luck. There will be no next time. I’m…
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Lessons from My Year-Long Shopping Ban
I faced the dresses, skirts, and shirts hanging in my closet and did not feel fresh. I don’t want to wear that dress – again! Only two more weeks, I reassured…
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No More Babies: Six Ways to End the Heart v. Head Debate
This becomes this in a blink. We all know how quickly they grow. For me, the nostalgia unleashes a yearn to have a third. The start is so precious. Yet when I’m…
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10 Things I Hold True after 10 Years of Marriage
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery We were driving down Route…
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Five Reasons Every Mom Needs a Girls’ Night Away
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’ ” – C.S. Lewis When was the last…
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The One-Minute Behavior Modifier
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” -Marcel Proust In December, I was really stumbling with my…
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My Youngest is Infatuated with Boobs
My youngest tries to cop a little feel. Until recently, she’d be sitting on my lap for a snuggle and before I knew it, she’d have her hand pulling down the front of…
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How to Shop Your Closet
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”…
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Five Finger Prayer
Let the little children come to me. V started religious education classes in September. Every Tuesday night, she is in class from 6:15 to 7:30. At first I sighed at the…
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Hot Rollers are My Secret to Amazing Curls
Last Friday, while my hairdresser* blew my hair straight, I confessed, “I use hot rollers.” Childishly, I tilted my chin up at him, expecting to be schooled on the…
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My Grandma’s Rules for Happiness
“If nothing is going well, call your grandmother.” -Italian Proverb I am swept away by whimsical charm of the children’s book, In Grandma’s Arms. Katz…
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Three Ways to Tie a Scarf
Happy Bastille Day! Coco Chanel said, “Dress shabbily and they notice the dress; dress impeccably and they notice the woman.” Chanel dressed to her personal style.…
Introvert: How to Say What you Want, Dammit.
“When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice…
A Sage Smudging Session to Cleanse Your House
The air in your house feels stagnant, so you open a window, right? The fresh air purifies and you feel cleansed. But what happens when…
I Rented the Runway and It Rocked
I love dresses. If you look in my closet, you’ll find mostly dresses (and some skirts). My mom likes to share that I played in…
The Truth About Eyebrow Tinting
It was a Friday morning during my lunch break and I made a quick call – DAN-ton ten six. Kidding. That’s my Madeline, French teacher…
My 10 Favorite Natural Remedies
I was working on an intro and I got stumped. I love to work up a creative entrance and throw in a related quote,…
A Letter to the Boys about their Mom
Thank you for being a friend. Travel down the road and back again. Your heart is true, you’re a pal and a confidant. And if you…
