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Straight-talk advice on marriage, parenting, work and the everyday crossroads of life. From a longtime wife, mom, and marketing VP who’s been there. Welcome.

Category: Personal

  • On Rewards

    The 14 yo: Mom, here’s the cash for the video game I want to download. You said you’d pay for $20 since I got a 100% at the checkpoint for…

  • On Learning to Read

    I don’t actually remember learning how to read. It was something I just always knew how to do like breathing or sleeping. I distinctly remember reading Grimm’s Fairy Tales out…

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