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Motherhood: What a long, strange trip it’s been
I tripped over a cello yesterday, landed hard on the fingerboard and picked up steam as I skidded past an ineffective rock stop. Eventually, I came to rest under our stately piano which, I imagine,...
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Carpet
I had long since given up on vacuum cleaners when I met Paul. More than 25 years of love-em-and-leave-em relationships left me disillusioned and destined to a life full of dust bunnies and hairballs....
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The table of plenty
Thanks to the generosity of a downsizing grandma and eight amiable siblings, we packed up some solid wood memories Saturday afternoon and gratefully hauled them home. If furniture could talk, our...
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The crime of the half-century
On the southwest side of Chicago during a frigid February afternoon in 1967, a small boy took a nap, setting in motion a chain of events that reverberated through five subsequent decades. That boy, who...
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She’s kind of a big deal in Bolivia
My 11-year old niece Olivia may be the happiest kid I know. She bounces through life in high-topped basketball shoes, eager for the next adventure and unconcerned about any incidental slipups. That’s...
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Spring break 2014. Is this Normal?
We packed the car with seasoned precision and pointed her south for the last road trip of Spring Break 2014. Molly looked up from her perch in the backseat, rubbed a left bicep made tender by one too...
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This family is making me thirsty!
Somewhere, in the Magical World of the Missing, full of lonely socks and gloves, slippery earring backs and hair ties, car keys and library cards, grows a shining stack of water bottles with my DNA on...
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Why we took the ice bucket challenge
My friend Gina challenged me last week, on a typically frantic day. At the time, I had no idea what the ice bucket challenge was. I just knew I didn’t have time to dump a bucket of ice water over my...
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A crash course in priorities, hubris, and that fickle fiend, technology
My laptop crashed last night, just after I’d uploaded the weekend’s photos. I fought with it a while, with just enough expertise to recognize futility and just enough inanity to hope my repeated...
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18 reasons you’re going to love Pure and Weary
Based in Chicago, Pure and Weary is gearing up for a series of live shows in November. Meanwhile, you can treat yourself to their YouTube Channel. Here’s why you’ll be glad you did: Scripted comedy is...
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But, most of all, we love each other
This year, as our home slowly fills with the people I love, and empty glasses collect in random places throughout the house, and the washing machine begins its steady thump, and pots bang on the stove,...
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Are we hashtagging the joy out of Christmas?
I woke up on the Grinchy side of the bed this morning, with a bah humbugged bag full of burnt-out Christmas lights and an alarming tendency to mix my metaphors. The Christmas hashtags are getting me...
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Happy 17th birthday Molly B from Me
Today Molly turns 17-years old, requiring both an edit to our blog “about us” description and a shift in my thinking. In eight days she will begin her senior year of high school. As she is our...
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The last Homecoming dance
The last Homecoming dance of my maternal career ended with the happy waft of laughter. For a moment, I thought about grabbing my camera and heading back downstairs where Molly and her friends had...
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Our “Mexit” Party
The Biskupic family “Mexit” celebration mirrored Molly’s entrance into this old world. Both happened on a steamy summer day, both involved the sweet support of family and friends, and both concluded...
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Bless me friends, for I have sinned
Bless me friends, for I have sinned. It’s been seven days since my nest emptied and in that time I have: Not cooked a single meal. Not one. Wednesday night I boiled three cobs of corn so Vince and I...
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Happy birthday to one of the best people I know
My daughter Katherine is one of the best people I know. I’m not saying that because today is her birthday and I am the one that gave birth to her, in the middle of an ice storm after a 45-minute labor;...
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Sometimes, the best parts of a holiday meal are the leftovers. If you're having another slice of turkey or pie, it means you're still with the people you love, either at the table and chatting over...
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