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Slice-of-life stories about parenthood

12 Things I Learned This Week, Vol 148

October 5, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

And, here we go again… Lesson #1: When your toddler decides to take the shirt of her Corolle doll with the teeny tiny neck and great big head, she gets an early preview of what childbirth is like.

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10 Things I Learned This Week, Vol 65

May 28, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 17 Comments

I hope you’ve had a great weekend of BBQing, outdoor fun and celebration. But most of all, I hope you’ve taken a moment to remember why we all get an extra day to spend with the people we love.

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10 Things I Learned This Week, Vol 53

February 26, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 9 Comments

In honor of the Oscars tonight, I’d like to thank Carleigh, the technical wizard behind this madness. She helps keep things running when I break them, or when technology just decides to be difficult (so you can imagine how busy she is). Not only did she unkink the kinks that had me offline part of […]

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10 Things I Learned This Week, Vol 29

July 17, 2011 by Amy, Using Our Words 12 Comments

While I honestly believe the transition from 2 to 3 kids has been easier than the transition from 1 to 2, I find that I’m overwhelmed by new insights to parenting. Thus 10 things again this week…

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A Bunch of Stuff I’ve Learned Lately

July 10, 2011 by Amy, Using Our Words 9 Comments

Chaos is the name of the game these days. And I’m learning to embrace it (as you’ll see from this post that’s rambling and all over the place…I guess that should have been Lesson #1…see what I mean?). But at least I’m still doing my best to learn a thing or two along the way. […]

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