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Slice-of-life stories about parenthood

The Best of Intentions for 2015

January 5, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 5 Comments

For the past few years, our family has spent New Year’s Day at the beach with good friends. I can’t help but find a pure kind of joy there. In the feeling of a fresh start as I look out at the unlimited horizon. In the sound of our kids squealing with delight as the […]

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Reader Feature: Dana’s Fight For Her Life

October 21, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 3 Comments

When I met Dana, we were far from carefree. I mean we had big things to worry about. Things like whether our Martha Stewart inspired cranberry wreaths were pure perfection. (Mine wasn’t.) Or whether too much wine had us caroling a bit off key as we wandered through town. (It did.) I mean your twenties, […]

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You Can Change the Future of Cancer

July 11, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 11 Comments

There’s a moment — split seconds of my life, really — that I re-live in my head over and over again. Eight plus years later, the words — the moment — they’re as vivid as they were that very day. “I have a brain tumor. It’s not as bad as it sounds.” It’s not as […]

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My Favorite Feel-Good Stories of the Year

December 20, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 6 Comments

I’ll be honest. I’ve started this post about ten different ways. Not a single one expresses my heartbreak for the families who are suffering so greatly this holiday season. In a way, it feels like focusing on happiness isn’t fair. In another way, it seems like we’re taking life for granted if we don’t. I’m […]

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A Birthday, A Relay, A Chance to Experience Hope

August 10, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 9 Comments

August 10th. This is the first time this date will come and go without a hug or a phone call. You see it should have been my dad’s 64th birthday today. But instead of singing, laughing, and opening gifts, we’ll be looking for butterflies. Reading Grandpa Green. And planning for Relay for Life at the […]

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