Author Archives: The Daring One

What Mom Has

This is just one more reminder that I need to watch myself because although my kids will inevitably grow to have unique talents, personalities, and interests, they’ll have a lot more of Mom in them than any of us really … Continue reading

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Choices Choices

I just don’t want her to grow up feeling like she flipped the wrong page in her Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book when she was six and could never quite get to where she wanted to be. [Keep reading at Parenting.com]

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Let’s Communicake

As we pulled out of our driveway today there were three deer and two chickens on our lawn. We own no animals. Magoo: Do you know animals can talk? Me: Oh really? Do they speak English or talk in some … Continue reading

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Convos With Magoo

Today at Parenting I share a little of why Magoo has me laughing every single day. [click to Read at Parenting.com]

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The Librarian of the Apocalypse

My house is filled with books. Like Elizabeth Bennet fictionally before me, I do not consider myself a “great reader.” I just love books. I love to buy them, check them out from the library, smell them, attempt to write … Continue reading

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Passive Aggressive Christmas Cards

Dan and I wrap several presents for each other every Christmas. They’re mostly small things, DVDs, gift cards, a vegetable brush shaped like a tuna. On each present we place a stick-on gift tag and address it with a different … Continue reading

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