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The Kind of Love That Feels Like Peace
This morning I stood in the kitchen holding a cup of coffee that had already gone cold once. Which, if we’re being honest, is basically the official beverage of motherhood. The house was just starting to stir. Someone was looking for a shoe. Someone else was asking if pancakes count as breakfast if you eat…
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The Mayonnaise That Broke Me
My house is extremely organized. Not because I’m naturally tidy. Because if I don’t organize it, the entire ecosystem collapses. When you run a business, homeschool kids, try to write books, juggle teenagers, senior year activities, driver’s tests, animals, groceries, and the general chaos of a large family… systems become survival. Our fridge is a…
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The Easter Without Deviled Eggs
Easter always makes me miss my Nanny. Not in the dramatic, sit-in-a-corner-and-weep way. Just in the quiet, unexpected way that sneaks up on you when you realize something small is missing. For me this year, it was deviled eggs. Now here’s the funny part. I don’t even eat deviled eggs. I just make them. Because…
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The Unspoken Pet War
Or: How Ten Years Into Marriage the Fights Get Weird People assume that after you’ve been married long enough, the arguments become predictable. You know the ones. Whose turn it is to do dishes. Who forgot to take the trash out. Who left a wet towel on the bed like some kind of sociopath. But…
Crumbs and Chaos 