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Tuesdays…

It’s just Tuesday. No one ever cares about Tuesday, really. As far as the week goes, Tuesday is pretty much a wash, a blip, a get-through day. It doesn’t have the pain of Monday, the snark of...

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What’s better than an Elf on the Shelf? Traditions from the heart.

When the hugely popular Elf on the Shelf hit the, er, shelves all those years ago, my kids started bugging me to get one for our house. I was — and have remained — firm in my refusal. Hey, I have no...

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My dad died. And I’m still waiting to cry for real.

I didn’t cry very much at the funeral. I didn’t cry very much in the days before, either, but that was due to busyness. There were plans to make, flowers to choose, a Mass to plan, a scurry to find an...

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This was the Summer Dad Died, and it’s over.

Tomorrow school starts and no matter the official calendar, summer is over. It wasn’t the best summer for me, for my siblings, my mom, my family. Not by a long shot. Not in the vicinity of any kind of...

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On advocating for early cancer detection — no matter what your trusted doctor...

I was just thinking about all the people in the last year, all of these loved ones who died very shortly after abrupt end-stage cancer diagnoses. It has been awful. Not a single cancer was a so-called...

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Summer Solution: The “I’m Bored” Jar and This Mom’s Attempt to Curb Her Kids’...

I’ll admit it. In the past six months or so I became very slackish about monitoring my kids’ use of electronics. Chalk it up to the soul-crushing winter we had in the Boston area, when around 7 feet of...

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Beyond Folklore — When a 13 Year Old Googles Family History

It never occurred to me that any of my kids would reach beyond family folklore to learn about their history, but I guess in this age of technology and immediacy it was inevitable. This past weekend,...

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Back-to-school brings scissors, pencils, cliques, and other sharp things

It’s mid-August, finally, and many schools in our country are back in session. In my neck of the woods, however, we still have a month to go before that first bell. There are beaches to visit, day...

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On Special Needs Advocacy, Diabetes, and Ignorance

Wow, I haven’t blogged in quite a while. So much has been going on that I haven’t kept up with it all. I’ve spent much of my time in the last couple of months helping my husband with his campaign for...

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Don’t Repeal the Affordable Care Act! Lifesaving Medicine Should Not Depend...

Yesterday I picked up Mitzi at the end of an afternoon with friends. In the car, while she snapchatted, I was listening to NPR as they reported on the efforts by the President-elect and the Republican...

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