Tag: family
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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…
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2026 – It’s happening people!
Who here rings in a new year with standing on your right foot while the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve so you can begin the new year on the “right” foot OR leaves all the windows and doors open to usher out the old and welcome in the new…like a new case of…
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Nuggets of 🤷🏻♀️ for 2025 Grads
It’s graduation time! Lots of celebrating, reminiscing and looking forward to the future. And – lots of graduation parties! These parties have changed quite a bit since I graduated in 1989. For instance – we did not have cards for the guests to fill out providing nuggets of wisdom, advice, stupidity…..I don’t know that I’d…