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Mar 7, 20211 min read

Pandemic Hobby: Gardening (2nd Season)

It's funny, I looked back at my Amazon order history and it's been exactly a year since I made my first pandemic gardening purchases. ...

Mar 5, 20212 min read

Who isn't struggling at this point? Layer on the isolation, uncertainty, and sadness that are the de-facto the definition of parenting in...

Mar 4, 20211 min read

If you asked me 5 years ago whether I would try a CBD product, I would likely laugh and move on. Fast forward a few stressful years, one...

Feb 5, 20212 min read

There's much to love about parenthood: the smell of your newborn's head, toddler play dates, and watching your little kids grow. But,...

Feb 5, 20211 min read

As my family has practiced social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, we've tried picking up new hobbies. These have ranged from...

Feb 4, 20212 min read

Over the past couple of years, you may have noticed your child’s teachers placing greater emphasis on reading nonfiction. In many...

Feb 4, 20212 min read

Better late than never, right? I've thought about the idea of creating a blog off and on over the past 7 years. In the end, the reason...

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