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I Forgot I Had Free Will
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Continue reading →: I Forgot I Had Free WillLife changes when you remember you’re constantly choosing it. Doesn’t it? I recently met up with a good friend who’s an avid traveler. One of the first things I asked her was, “How’s the traveling?” the way you’d ask someone about their job or kids. She paused, looked a little…
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Continue reading →: Sri Lanka 5th and Final Part (a million years after we came back) Surf, Spa, and Saying GoodbyeYou know when you spend weeks trying to write a post it ends up being a bit meaningless. So I am not attempting to rewrite it (on the 13th of June) and post it tomorrow!. Let’s see how that goes. The last leg of our trip (almost) was the beach…
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Read to Them: The Books, the Bonding, and the BFG
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Continue reading →: Read to Them: The Books, the Bonding, and the BFGA good friend of mine, who I bonded with over books, is pregnant with her first child. So as a gift to the baby (and her mama), I sent her a selection of children’s books to start their “first library”. Before sending them off, and while they lived on my…
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Day Three, Seaplanes, Safari Bingo, and The One We Cannot Name
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Continue reading →: Day Three, Seaplanes, Safari Bingo, and The One We Cannot NameThis morning I woke up a little before Bader. I was sitting in bed when he suddenly sat straight up and announced, “IT’S DAY THREE!”. From fast asleep to full excitement, and how can that not be contagious? The word we’re not allowed to say today is “leopard.” The place…
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Navigating Parenting: Lessons from Cardio Rage
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Continue reading →: Navigating Parenting: Lessons from Cardio RageOr: It’s Not Khaled’s Fault I had a very sobering moment with my youngest yesterday, but I have to give you some context first. This moment really highlighted how differently I’ve parented my older children compared to my younger ones, especially the youngest. The Context When I do cardio I…
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