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Category Archives: friends
Bitty Buddha 101: How (and Why) to Make a Mean Person Your Friend
I can’t count how many times someone’s called my first-grader a little Buddha. He’s an insightful little fart, often boiling down life’s tough stuff into the simplest terms from the backseat of my Hyundai. And he’s always unusually happy, even when his … Continue reading
Posted in advice, friends, motherhood
Tagged Bitty Buddha, Bullies, Friendship, Life Wisdom
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Why Sharing Your Facebook Look Back Video Doesn’t (Necessarily) Make You a Self-Aggrandizing Ass
I hate to spoil your day, but it turns out that Facebook has totally bastardized the term friends. And if I ever doubted it before, I have proof now, thanks to the response I’m seeing on those 30-second compilation videos … Continue reading
Posted in advice, After Birth, friends, happiness, intentional happiness, motherhood, speed-posts, writing
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Hey! Those Are My Pants! (The Shame of Hand-Me-Downs)
My son has almost no clothes of his own. By that, I mean he wears almost exclusively hand-me-downs. I can’t even begin to fathom how much cash this has saved me. Land’s End snowsuits, firetruck galoshes, and warm cable-knit sweaters … Continue reading
Posted in friends, humor, motherhood, preschoolers, sons, speed-posts
Tagged hand-me-downs, preschool
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