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Going to have the talk* with the kids tonight.
Talk meaning how to go to the beach without getting sand in your butt.

Hi 👋🏼 It is finally Friday and we are drained. I need a nap and a cookie. But we made it through Emma’s first week of kindergarten with minimal tears. I get all emotional thinking about how Emma is forming her forever memories. I can vividly remember kindergarten. Swipe for a throwback to my first day of kindergarten. 👧🏻
Here’s some #Fridayintroductions thangs.
✨I’m listening to Taylor Swift’s new album Lover on repeat for the rest of my life. It’s phenomenal. Every thing about it is 11/10.
✨I rediscovered how amazing roasted seaweed is for a salty snack and now I’m going to need to bulk order it from Trader Joe’s
✨I have some challenging things going on at work and I could use some prayers for a speedy resolution.
✨I just booked my flight and hotel to head to a four day dental public health conference (🥳 I’m a party animal). It will be my first trip ALONE in years and the longest I’ve been away from all three kids. I’m super excited but also nervous.
✨I’m in a book rut and would love some suggestions.
✨I’ve been struggling emotionally with all the balance that being a working mom entails and the beef online that’s all anti-working mom is so terrible and it needs stop.
✨Scrunchies are back and my hair and heart are so happy about it.
Your turn! What’s been going on with you? I’m heading to get Mexican food with my family then have a family movie night.

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“I am always astonished, when I do, at his increasing personhood - no sooner had I gotten used to carrying about a warm lump of baby that he stopped being one started scurrying around on his own.”
– Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

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September 15, 2012

I am training for the Nike Women’s Half-Marathon (10.14.12).

Today I ran 8 miles!
I’m feeling strong and I am looking forward to strutting my stuff in October.