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How This Winter Is Affecting My Parenting Skills

As I was baking in the kitchen today and watching re-runs of Friends while my children played video games, I began to really see what this winter has done to me. It’s totally changed my parenting. We are so out of our routine with snow days, school vacation, and blustery temps that keep us cooped up… Continue reading How This Winter Is Affecting My Parenting Skills

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Just Like Phil, Claire, and the Wedge Salad

Season 2, episode 16 of Modern Family. The one with the wedge salad is how I refer to it. I think about this episode a lot. I could relate to it all too well. I know EXACTLY how Claire felt. That bubbling rage. What Phil thought was innocent conversation, just telling Claire about the wedge… Continue reading Just Like Phil, Claire, and the Wedge Salad