Tag: family
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I Wasn’t Asking Him to Marry Me – I Was Asking for a Reason to Move (FP – 2015)
Looking back at the engagement to Fighter Pilot Dude, I sometimes wonder if he believes he was trapped into proposing. And maybe, in his version of the story, he was. But let’s talk about what was actually happening. We were doing the long-distance thing. I was in Florida. He was in Nevada doing Fighter Pilot…
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My Girls Were Moving Too, You Know
Fighter pilot dude’s kids weren’t the only ones affected by our engagement. I had two daughters. My oldest had just graduated from high school, and my youngest was getting ready to start high school. So while Fighter Pilot Dude’s side of the equation was arguing, complaining and generally reacting to our engagement like we had…
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EPCOT Food & Wine – We came. We drank. We were sautéed.
My nephew came up for Labor Day weekend with one goal: Disney. Naturally, my girls and I understood the assignment. Saturday was Hollywood Studios followed by EPCOT because clearly 🙄 we are still under the impression that we are young, athletic people whose feet do not have feelings. We are not. But there was the…
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When do we get to say, “Baby…that does not fit?”
I have a question. At what point in parenting are we allowed to tell our children: “No. You cannot wear that. Not because I’m suppressing your self-expression. Because that garment has surrendered.” I’m all for personal style. Wear the crop top. Wear the shorts. Dye your hair purple. Put 14 friendship bracelets on one arm.…
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“They told me to get a card.” Cool. What card?!
My mom asked me to talk to one of her friends because she had a question about the VA. Sure, Madre. Anything else I can do for you? As it turns out, her friend’s husband—a Vietnam veteran—had recently been rated 100% service-connected disabled. First, can we stop right there for a second? Vietnam veteran. Recently…