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The underrated importance of 'white space'
As a young mother of many, I got used to squeezing productivity out of every possible margin in my life. These days, I'm happier letting them breathe.
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An ode to my refrigerator menu board
From the early "dinnertime zoo" days through divorce, kids growing and leaving, and remarriage, my meal plan has helped me (mostly) hold it all…
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On developing a relationship with my aging face
You can't love a stranger.
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Want to stop scrolling? Start doing.
Dispatches from an accidentally-unplugged weekend.
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My youngest just started high school, and my life as a "school-kid mom" has totally changed.
The past, the future, and the excruciating opportunity of being right where I am.
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My complicated relationship with other people's complicated relationships with food
I don't want to know what you eat in a day. (Actually, yes I do, and that's the problem.)
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I found my biological grandfather. Now what?
He opted out of our lives eighty years ago. Does the connection matter?
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Desperately seeking sisu: On family, resilience, and the desire to know where we come from
For years, my Finnish grandfather was a secret. Now, I'm trying to find him.
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"My 20something is my roommate," and other things I never thought I'd say
Is it time for a new conversation about adult kids and INTERdependence?
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Family history, genealogy, and the complicated concept of "cycle-breaking"
In which I turn 46 and go digging into my grandmother's messy roots.
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How to romanticize midlife
Because why should gen-Z-ers and millennials have all the fun?
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How a book proposal is made
My experience honing my book idea, writing a proposal, and finding an agent.
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Reinventing
Reinventing
Reinventing my life with creativity, purpose, and adventure. Welcome to my midlife metamorphosis.

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