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Friday Favorites
Happy Friday!I'm featured at the Today Show parenting site this week with two posts: one about making room for the next phase with my son, and another re-post of my most popular essay ever. I can still...
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Friday Favorites - Happy Fall, Y'all!
Today, I taught 6 classes of 5th graders about Antartica during our school's Arts Days program. Y'all, if you're teachers, I am bowing down to you right now. I am so tired out from that; I need a nap....
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NaBloPoMo - what?
For the past several years, I have resisted the peer pressure. You can do it! They said.Nooooo! I don't want to! I responded.This year, I could resist no more. I'm signed up for National Blog Posting...
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Kind of a big day...
My 7yo has been obsessed with "We Are the World" because he learned the song at school, and our babysitter showed him the video for the updated, 2009 version of the song. He knows all of the singers in...
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Job Number One
Photo by Kristi Bacon (friends for 23 years!)When I was in college, I fancied myself tough. An athlete on the rowing team, I was the most fit I have ever been in my life, and I wasn't afraid of anyone....
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Friday Favorites - October 28
Happy Friday!I went to meditation/mindfulness class this morning and it was the best thing I did for myself all week. How are you taking care of yourself? School, work, election, and holidays - it's a...
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Thank You, Other Woman
This essay first appeared at BonBon Break as an original. I like to re-read it and remember, sometimes, just how lucky I am.* * * I hated you, at first, Other Woman. You, with your shiny blonde hair...
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The rainbow
It was gloomy and gray all day; the rain came down in spits and starts. When it began to pour in earnest, the sun emerged for a short period before it began to set; it was perfect weather for a...
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Number 45
I was only 5 when Jimmy Carter was elected; somehow I remember feeling disappointed, because I wanted Ford to win. That must have been who my parents were voting for. Or maybe since I am a car fanatic,...
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Election Day playlist
Sometimes, you just need to say something in the form of music.So here is my election night playlist, with some fun choices for your listening pleasure.Election Night Playlist 2016
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We are the role models. US. Not them.
Yesterday, my son and his first-grade class had a field trip to the nature center near his school to learn more about bats. Austin is the home to the single-largest Mexican free tail bat colony in the...
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What you can do
If you're frustrated or afraid of upset this week, perhaps you're wondering what you can do, productively. I don't know all the answers. But here are a few ideas:Reach out to your friends of other...
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Refilling
I'm having trouble finding my words this last week or two, so I'm going to just leave these four beautiful things right here.Love, Kristin
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With precise clarity
It’s only when you have a chance to stop and focus that you can truly see what is around you. It’s looking at your son, sitting on your husband’s lap, and noticing anew that their eyes are so much...
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Holiday gift guide 2016: my favorite things
Are you STILL SHOPPING? Don't fret. I am too.Just in case you need some inspiration, I have a few unsolicited ideas for you. None of these companies paid me to recommend them, so this is my...
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