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The Dinosaur Bone (what you think you’re no good at)
I clearly remember the moment I decided I couldn’t draw. I was eight. Staring at a massive dinosaur skeleton in the Natural History Museum in Denver. Was it a Stegosaurus? A Tyrannosaurus? I’m not sure. The view in my memory is of the right side of it. A shape which contained the bone I was to draw.…
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A Break. It does…
…I’m not going to finish that headline. But I will tell you I’ve recently had three trips away. And I’m diggity-dogged happy to be home. My sis and I visited our mom up in Sebastopol for her 70th bday. We buried ourselves in cedar, and did as we pleased. I got a nice family-full. Then I flew to…
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Your rose, your thorn, and your bud
My friend Tyler’s buddy asks his kids this question every night: “What are your rose, your thorn, and your bud?” Your rose is the happiest moment of the day. The thorn, the worst part of your day: what’s bothering you or keeping you back. And your bud is what you’re excited about learning or doing next.…
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Hard to say
It’s hard to say you need help. You haven’t got it figured out. Your shit don’t make no sense. That sounds very dramatic, right? One reason I’d never say any such thing. But it has been a long time since I’ve written you. I’ve been thinking and fretting and falling apart a bit. Happens sometimes.…
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Yay, vulnerability. Yay.
I’m low. So clear the current situation w/Raf traveling does not work, for me at least. With the exception of two nights he was recently gone for four weeks. For those of you without children, I’d just like to say FOUR…WEEKS! Four! Weeks! I’d like to continue to rise to the occasion, but I can’t. Bro-ken.…
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Thankful
There are so many moments of beauty and joy in our days. Small moments with the kids. Their eyes. Their stories. Hugs. It’s crazy beautiful. Alejandro and Story Jane, my husband, our life…I feel blessed. “The stars shone on you,” said our caregiver the other day. It’s true. I feel it, and want to share.…
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You know you’re a parent when…
1. “a night out” means dinner out 2. you too eat buttered pasta several times a week 3. six hours is a dreamy stretch of sleep 4. your time is…forget it. you have no time. 5. the statement “it’s a whole new universe” sums it up