November 5, 2023
The applicant’s version Nice to meet you, where you been? You can show me …
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October 28, 2023
I have over 53 decorative pillows. In one house. They rotate seasonally with …
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September 14, 2023
All along you know – they go from preschool to elementary school, and …
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April 8, 2023
For the teenagers, because you are never too old for an Easter basket I used to …
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February 5, 2023
Because the Eagles are in the Superbowl, a repost. What will you do when …
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February 4, 2023
Dear College Admissions Officer, You are reading my daughter’s …
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May 14, 2022
My mother always said if you don’t have anything nice to say, don&#…
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May 8, 2022
I am doing analysis, there is a pattern to this I can feel it… It’s …
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August 8, 2021
I watch parents holding hands of young children heading on and off the …
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May 22, 2021
What. To. Make. For. Dinner. There is nothing in my life that could have …
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May 8, 2021
Everyone needs a ride… to practice, home from practice, to a …
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December 28, 2020
2020 has been a most difficult year. The list it seems is endless and touches …
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February 16, 2019
They used to make forts from pillows, and blankets, and the couch deconstructed.…
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December 19, 2018
I lift out of the bin an ornament with a chubby hand print captioned &#…
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August 28, 2018
“Mom!” my daughter said incredulously, “how did you …
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August 22, 2018
I can still recall our last summer… We watched Momma Mia 2, …
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July 26, 2018
Sometimes I get jealous of my parents. Raising kids in the 70&#…
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July 15, 2018
I never played soccer, well as a team sport that is. This sport that has …
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June 19, 2018
Written by a Mother, with Elementary and Middle School graduates, I have …
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January 13, 2018
I drove past Greenwich Town Hall my eldest beside me, as tall as me, looking …
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January 6, 2018
Written by Mary, not Oliver, Main Line PA Why I Wake Early Sometimes …
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July 28, 2017
Sometimes I wish I could wrap my children in bubble wrap and send them out …
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July 4, 2017
Sometimes I feel like I could spend the rest of my life doing laundry. I …
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May 26, 2017
And they just keep growing…. My phone zonked out on me the other night in …
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April 27, 2017
I found myself at the Reading Olympics recently. Thinking of how I would kill …
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March 18, 2017
I have found miracles in “million dollar parking spots” as I …
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March 1, 2017
The setting: The Acme in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania at the exit to the store The …
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February 18, 2017
A few weeks ago while skiing with my children, I was thinking about much harder …
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January 2, 2017
I didn’t know it would be our last Christmas picture with Santa. …
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November 30, 2016
I was eastbound on Lancaster Avenue, he was headed west. As I drove …
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November 10, 2016
I never met him. He died before I was born. But my grandmother would tell me …
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October 3, 2016
I was checking out at Trader Joe’s, Twist and Shout was playing …
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September 27, 2016
August is boardwalk, and beach, funnel cake. August is ice cream and sunsets …
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August 26, 2016
Do you remember the Sesame Street show Here is your life? That is what it is …
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July 29, 2016
I don’t know why …. I like to say things to my kids like “…
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July 18, 2016
The last guest left and I packed them into the car, with overnight bags, …
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July 15, 2016
I may be naive. I may be simplistic. I may not consider all the angles and …
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July 7, 2016
I think is common knowledge at this point. My dislike of raccoons. Maybe …
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June 26, 2016
What is there to say, there is so much to feel. My father. Would I say …
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June 15, 2016
I scheduled the appointment with the nutritionist. Heard about corn …
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June 11, 2016
Because we are in baseball play off season, and next week is school …
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May 23, 2016
He showed me the blueprints drawn with pencil on a white sheet of paper. &#…
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May 3, 2016
I watched them from the back door, remembering childhood through them. An …
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April 24, 2016
You will miss the soccer cleats, and baseball bags, the clink of metal …
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April 15, 2016
Is it wrong I am jealous of my brothers’ Bitmoji? Curly hair, cool …
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April 13, 2016
Somewhere in New Jersey, thousands of parents are lining soccer fields, …
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March 18, 2016
Written by Marykate O’Malley, mother of three wonderful children, …
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March 1, 2016
Written by Marykate O’Malley, mother of three wonderful children, …
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February 24, 2016
You sister is your first friend, life long confidant, truest advocate, …
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February 19, 2016
Written by Marykate O’Malley, mother of three wonderful children, …
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