Clearly, I am not very good at not blogging. Oh well. This will be quick. And I think it’s important. Like, really, important.
Yesterday, I published a blog post about drinking and not drinking and the whole thing made me…
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I am sitting at my desk. It is a beautiful white desk covered in things – books, papers, photographs, pens. My hummingbird paperweight. My good luck rocks. A glass of water. It is half full. Four years ago, I might…
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The girls are on Spring Break. Tomorrow all of us will head to South Carolina for a week away. It will be a good week. A week of family, of food, of fun, of frolic. A week of focus. Focus…
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On the way home from Paris, I felt anxious. I’ve never been a good flier. I’ve always felt my pulse quicken, my heart clank around inside my chest, my palms slicken with sweat. I also felt claustrophobic. A little brochure…
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Today’s This Is Childhood words come to us from my good friend and blogeague Lindsey Mead of A Design So Vast. Click over to read Lindsey’s exquisite ode to Ten which is also the finale of this 10-week blogging series.…
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dear claire,
I am still buzzing from the weekend. The four of you arrived on Friday and we slipped into a casual night of sushi and conversation. Isn’t it just amazing how the girls clicked so quickly, how there was…
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Today’s This Is Childhood words come to us from the wonderful Denise Ullem of Universal Grit. Denise writes thoughtfully on Nine and I encourage you to click on over and dive in. I’ve said it before but it’s a genuine…
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A week ago, I hosted a Happier Hour at my home with author and speaker Danielle LaPorte. It was a wonderful evening. Danielle sat in one of our black-and-white chairs and talked in her soothing voice about goal-setting and desire-mapping.…
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Today’s This Is Childhood words come to us from fellow mom-of-three-girls-and-two-cats (strange!) Tracy Morrison of Sellabit Mum. Tracy writes beautifully on the age of Seven which I will get to experience in the not-too-distant future and then again and again.…
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For the record, I’m not a fan of this post’s title. I’d rather it be: Whom Do You Write For? But I’m a grammar girl. Anyway, it’s an important question no matter how we choose to phrase it. When we…
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