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All articles filed in January 2016
Luke at the Rodeo (we went, too)
not my first rodeo This weekend our friends Frank and Katie invited us up to Fort Worth to the rodeo. The only comparable experience I have to the immediate and astounding culture shock I experienced at this event was when on my first day of meeting my home-stay family in Quito, Ecuador during study abroad…
Read More7 small things on a wednesday
A few things you should know. I have always found Wednesdays to be quite challenging (original, right?). Throughout my life they have always been a day where I over-schedule myself. I’m so good at preserving Mondays and even Tuesdays but by Wednesday I’ve said yes to way too many things and we’ve eaten our way…
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About a week before we moved out of Brooklyn, I was carrying Luke up our stoop and he spontaneously said, “home.” It was the first time I’d heard him use that word and he said it with the same sweet voice he says “Nana”, “Mimi”, “Stell-eye” (Stella, Luke’s girlfriend in Brooklyn) or any of his many…
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We did it! We are now residents of Austin, Texas. But before I give you all the delicious details of our move, let’s just talk about how we got here. I mean physically. How we moved our bodies, and in particular the body of our 18 month-old which demands to be in constant motion, from…
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Starting at about age 12, my new year’s resolution each and every year was to stop biting my finger nails. It took about 14 years and a full-time job that supported weekly manicures, but I did it! I am no longer a nail biter. It’s one of my prouder personal accomplishments. This year, I am…
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Brownstone to Bungalow 