We are the same: National Adoption Month.

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When we chose adoption I thought I grasped how challenging it would be. I read everything I could find on the subject. I talked to friends who'd adopted. I spoke with adult- friends who had been adopted. I joined groups both online and off. As she grew, I made certain our daughter had a circle of friends who were adopted and many from precisely where she was born. Without sharing a story ... Continue Reading

Food with BENEFITS.

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caught in the F.W.B. act. I've talked before about the fact we DON'T do food sneaks. We each need to do what works best for our families and here slipping in super-foods would mean the Husband Child isn't building life-long good habits. We are tremendous fans of the open sneak---but that's not what's on my mind today. Today we are focusing on the H-WORD. The healthy. The word which, ... Continue Reading

A Day of Atonement.

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Last night at sundown one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar began. It's a day filled with serious faces and repenting. It's also a day (or more aptly put a process) to which I look forward all year. I readily admit I'm not the most religious of women. I claim I'm a cultural Jew, but even that declaration can be a stretch at times. I intend to celebrate holidays ... Continue Reading

The What You Can When You Can Podcast.

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We're baaaaack. Roni and I are podcasting again! We're using it as a tool to inspire ourselves/remind ourselves the power of small steps and as an opportunity to have you-as-guest to share your stories. Our most recent episodes focused on fitting in fitness, healthy habit apps, my fave fave fave Diet Coke habit swap (rhymes with ENJOY!), and radical self-care. Wanna listen? There ... Continue Reading

Be a nice person.

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In honor of the first day of school. As a nod to the final year in elementary. As a reminder to every damn one of us for every single day. If you cant FIND a nice person, BE a nice person. ... Continue Reading

Starting a Solitary Reading Club.

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I love people. I adore silence. I'd spend all day every day devouring books if I could find a way to monetize my habit. Even with all that, I'm *still* the one scrambling, day of book club meeting (hello undergrad flashbacks!), to finish what we're discussing. It's not I don't want to read, it's not even I'm too busy, it's the fact I'm always reading 5 books simultaneously and am ... Continue Reading

4 common questions about free bleeding.

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  (These Thinx aren't my fave. I'm not a fan of buttcheekhangout.) I've been free bleeding. Confession:  I cannot stop singing about this fact to the tune of Tom Petty's ditty. I also think here's where I'm supposed to offer a disclaimer about how, if you're male, you might want to skip this post. The thing is I don't really feel that way. I believe the world might run more ... Continue Reading

Im in love with a flotation tank.

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my flotation pod. I floated, I paid, this is not a sponsored post. I blame the The Simpsons for my curiosity. As a parent human it can seem we don't get enough alone time. Enough silence. On top of that I've begun sleeping with a four legged friend. Not the best idea, but everyone else kicked him out of their room. I cannot look at that face and not pat the mattress beside me and ... Continue Reading

Home again home again jiggity jig.

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(photo credit/posing credit: 10 year old) Remember when your parents would bring you where they grew up and bore the everlovingeverything out of you? How they'd draaaaag you down memory lane and force you to visit their old haunts while they reminisced? Remember how you swore you'd never, ever, ever, EVER do that to your own kids (if you even had any because you were very very certain you ... Continue Reading

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