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I’d Like A Few Do-Overs At This Parenting Thing…

There are lots of things that suck about being a parent. Diapers come to mind right away, and not sleeping, and having to clean vomit off of carpet at two oclock in the morning. Also, making lunches every day. That one totally sucks. And eye rolls. Eye rolls suck. Especially when theyre directed at you.But Im finding that what sucks the most, for me, anyway, is coming to terms with the …

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The Parenting Paradox

Motherhood is a comedy. And the joke seems always on me. The latest episode featured the fourth grade end-of-year music performance. My youngest child is ten. This is her last year of lower school. She attends the school my two older children, my younger sister, and I, all attended.