What I Did For Love
Kiss the date goodbye And point me toward the bathroom I did what I had to do But I’m going to regret What I did for love, what I did foooooor looooooooove! Those of you who…
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Category: Family
To My Classic Italian Mom on Mother’s Day
Dear Mom, Where to begin? I know you’re not one for doling out the sentimental stuff. I also know that you secretly love it when other people do. That’s the dichotomy of you, and that, at…
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Who’s on First? Convos with a Five-Year-Old
Ever get caught in a vortex of a conversation with your child that only ends in more confusion? You mention something in passing and it puzzles your kid, so he inquires further, only to find that each…
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Beautiful Boy
It’s your 5th birthday today. A pretty big deal. Five years ago, you came into this world and you changed everything. So much can happen in five years. Five years before you came, I hadn’t met…
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The Epic Argument That Almost Ended in Divorce
Every once in a while in a marriage, you come to a crossroads. Should we keep slugging away and work through this thing? Or should we just split up? During a recent, ridiculous argument, I came…
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Why I’m Not Having a Second Child
I’m ready. I’m putting it in writing. Lucas is 4-and-a-half years old. We have just the right amount of bedrooms. He’s one year away from kindergarten and long out of diapers. It’s time to make the announcement…
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We Finally Moved Into Our New Home
We did it. We actually did it. After months of floundering, of crunching numbers and coming up depressingly short, of selling nightmares, of offers shot down, of deals gone wrong, of temporary living situations… We finally…
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Truth Telling, Italian Mama Styles
Pickin’s out there are slim for home buyers. True story. If, by the time we sell our house, we’re able to find a halfway decent abode that isn’t falling apart and that we can afford in the…
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We’re Moving
It’s official. As of this Thursday afternoon, my first home will be on the market. A photographer is coming in to take snapshots for the listing, fliers are going out, and the open house is happening…
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My Toddler Is Now a Kid and My Whole World Has Changed
Do you know how many times I’ve said, “No one told me this was going to happen” in my child’s short life? When breastfeeding didn’t happen naturally, I said, “No one said it was going to be…
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