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I’m Heading to Who-ville…and Other Magical Places

December 18, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

The other night, Little picked How the Grinch Stole Christmas! as his bedtime story. And though I’ve read it many times before, this time a particular line really stuck with me. And the minute his heart didn’t feel quite so tight, He whizzed with his load through the bright morning light… I read it, and […]

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Project Underblog: Now I Remember

June 10, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

It’s a funny thing when I write for Project: Underblog, because I submit something that’s so heavy on my mind at that moment, but then it isn’t published for a few weeks. Well, today when my June post went live, I felt like I was reading someone else’s words. Because this week, I forgot what […]

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Time Off the Grid — Thanks to Dot Complicated

December 18, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

As I was about to leave for vacation last month, I got an alert that Dot Complicated — Randi Zuckerberg’s book that I’d been anxiously awaiting since meeting and working with her — had downloaded on my new Kindle Fire HD. I couldn’t help but laugh at the irony. For once this new technology in […]

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10 Things I Learned This Week, Vol 127

December 1, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 4 Comments

Not only did I find my Christmas CDs, we also got a tree, Lenny strung it with 20,000 twinkling lights (give or take a few), we decked the tree and the house, and Lenny even got our outside lights done — all by noon on Dec 1st. I’m pretty sure I’ll save all the shopping […]

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15 Things I’ve Learned This Week, Vol 113

July 28, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 10 Comments

What I’ve really learned this week is that America loves a gal who’s not afraid to show off her post-baby bump. Which is why I’m scheduling a photo shoot for this week now that our vacation is over. Let’s just say after three little bundles of chaotic joy, there’s a whole lot to love. Step […]

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