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The Weight of the Room
During my cancer battle I learned that silence has a weight. There is the heavy silence of the people who love you but are paralyzed by the fear of saying the wrong thing. You can feel their heart, even if you can’t hear their voice. But then, there is the cold silence. The silence of…
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The Mess I’ll Miss
The Summer of 2026 will officially go down in our family history as the summer of the Lego City. If you walked into our basement right now, you’d see it: a massive, sprawling metropolis taking over the ping pong table, spilling onto the carpet, and claiming every available square foot. Ever since our oldest daughter…
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What’s in a Name?
Picking out a name for a child is quite the task. It’s an even bigger hurdle when you’re a teacher. Anyone in education knows the struggle: you come across so many students throughout your career that certain names inevitably get, well… tainted. Luckily for me, I was never one to follow the trends. When searching…
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The Siblings I Always Dreamed Of
Growing up as an only child, I had a very specific vision of what siblings were like. Now that I’m raising siblings, I realize I was right, but I also had no idea just how loud, messy, and deeply beautiful it actually is. Being an only child gives you a perspective on siblings that people…
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The Monster in the Room
There is a specific kind of “quiet” that comes after cancer treatment, but it isn’t always peaceful. For many, it feels like living with a monster lurking just over your shoulder, silent but present, waiting for the right moment to step back into the light. Most people in their thirties are planning their next decade.…
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She Wears My Shoes
The world is calling 2026 the “new 2016.” For most, it’s a trend about fashion and nostalgia—a return to a certain look or feeling. But for me, the connection is much more literal, and a lot more emotional. In 2016, life looked a lot different. My oldest was only two years old—a whirlwind of cuteness…
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