Tag: parenting
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School pickup street reading is back in season and I love it
I have mixed feelings about driving in the city in general, and driving my kid to school in particular. As a kid myself I scoffed at peers whose parents chauffeured them to and from school every day. It was uppity. But we had yellow school buses. City kids don’t. While I would love for him…
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Reflecting on writing retreats, and how their meaning has changed over the years
I like to share about my writing retreats on here (hopefully to inspire others!), and I just discovered my notes on our August retreat buried in the Notes app. Oops! In the spirit of better late than never, I’ll share a bit about the retreat itself in a separate post, and reflections on what writing…
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Some thoughts on being a writer who moms full-time
I’m a mom and a writer. Not a mom who writes as a hobby, and not a writer who happens to have a kid. I’ve met people who can’t seem to understand it, but these two identities can (and do) coexist. In fact, I can’t imagine one without the other. When people ask me, “What…