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Celebrating Teachers with Office Depot’s REAL Change

April 22, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 14 Comments

Disclosure: I am an Office Depot REAL Change blog ambassador. This post is part of a campaign where I was compensated for my time. To learn more about REAL Change, visit their website. After I graduated from college, I lived with two good friends who were in a teaching Master’s program at UCLA. As I […]

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12 Things I Learned on Our Road Trip

July 29, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 12 Comments

No doubt you’ve been wondering where I disappeared to. Or maybe not. But I’m back from a five-day road trip that left me surprisingly little time to be online. (Why I was surprised, I’m not so sure.) My mom and I (and the little kids who seem to follow me everywhere) packed up (everything we […]

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10 Things I Learned This Week, Vol 34

September 18, 2011 by Amy, Using Our Words 10 Comments

You know how they say with each kid, laundry multiplies exponentially? Well, it turns out my weekly lessons do too. No way I can stick to five these days. (But I do reserve the right to on those weeks when my juices—and by juices I mean wine—aren’t flowing.)

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5 Things I Learned This Week, Volume 3

August 13, 2010 by Amy, Using Our Words 4 Comments

Another Friday, another chance to reflect. Here are a few of the lessons/reminders that have stuck with me during a fun-filled family week. Lesson #1: Road trips are a whole different kind of adventure with kids. Especially kids who get carsick watching movies. And while sensitive little bodies don’t always allow time for discretion, it’s […]

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