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I'm at Moving Brain

We're moving, and I am coming unglued.  Unhinged.  The hinges are off.  I can't find them.  I don't know what they look like.  It's summer, people.  This is a time for lazy pool da[...]

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Weekend Link-Love

Saturday mornings have always been for steaming cups of hot coffee and lingering over the paper.  While the paper has become the iPad or phone, and the lingering involves a child i[...]

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Weekend Link-Love

Saturday mornings have always been for steaming cups of hot coffee and lingering over the paper.  While the paper has become the iPad or phone, and the lingering involves a child i[...]

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Dating for Moms - Tip #3

Athletes have the little booty pat that we see happening on the sidelines.  It conveys "You're doing a great job," "We're on the same team," and "Go get 'em, tiger." We need a b[...]

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WebCam Wednesday - 53 Kids

In this video I share our current need for Adacar CarePoint, in northern Uganda, and introduce you to someone I love.  (Um, also, I accidentally said that I spent a year with our s[...]

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Weekend Link-Love

If you’re like me, throughout the day, you’re scrolling and clicking and reading while you wait in a carpool line, wait at swimming lessons, wait in the line at Starbucks, or sit a[...]

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Dating for Moms - Tip #2

I'm one of those closet introverts posing as an extrovert.  You know what I mean?  When I tell people that I'm an introvert, they spray spit on my face with the force of their exub[...]

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That Boring Bio Kid

When our son was four and a half years old, he went from being our only child, an adorable blond-haired, blue-eyed chip off his daddy's DNA-strand, to The Invisible Boy.  When we b[...]

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Weekend Link-Love

If you’re like me, throughout the day, you’re scrolling and clicking and reading while you wait in a carpool line, wait at swimming lessons, wait in the line at Starbucks, or sit a[...]

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Dating for Moms - Tip #1

You're waiting for your daughter at ballet and spy a potential friend.  If you aren't sure how to start up a conversation with another mom, try staring at her from across the room.[...]