parenting

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    Lightening up

    Our girls are ages 14, 12, and 9. So, if you’ve spent much time with girls of those ages you can imagine that at any given time there is a lot of emotional energy flowing through our home. On two evenings this week, just as my husband stepped into the house, I’ve said: “That’s it….

  • It Takes Five

    Over the holiday break, the interim Head of School at the school all three of our girls attend unexpectedly fell ill and passed away. He was 63 years old. I had only engaged with him a few times at campus events and corresponded a couple of times with him by email. By no means did…

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    Come alive

    A couple of years ago on a laid-back Saturday morning, our girls stumbled upon a movie called Dolphin Tale. The movie dramatizes the true story of a dolphin, named Winter, who is rescued and rehabilitated after getting caught in a fishing net off the coast of Florida and subsequently losing her tail. A team of…