HeyJaredalso... from EMMASTHING
Serious and unserious thoughts and feelings on life as I know it.
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- Sep 28, 2026
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A List of Things I Hate | 9.28 (opens the original)
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Come, little hater.Come and hate.Come and complain.Come and know that here, you and your hate are safe. Read more
Some SAHM Thoughts (opens the original)
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I’ve written and said this multiple times, but it bears repeating: I never wanted to be a mom. I wasn’t against it, but it also wasn’t a goal of mine. It just wasn’t something I yearned for or pictured for myself. Yes, I wanted the husband. The life partner. The soulmate and best friend. But the kids? Eh. I hadn’t made my mind up about the kids part.For one thing, I hated babysitting. Hated it. The only babysitting jobs I would take involved school-age children who could more or less put themsel
The (Almost Never Weekly) Digress | 9.17 (opens the original)
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I can hardly believe I’m actually sitting down and writing?? I know I’ve sent things here and there the last couple of months, but it definitely hasn’t felt like it. Not for me. Not for the volume of nonsense I’m used to offending your eyes and brains with.The past three weeks have been, in a word, brutal. Between Ziggy’s most recent hospital stint and everything that came after, our family has been in its 900th pivot for 2026, and I have to say – I’m fucking tired of pivoting. Jok
Big Decisions and a New Way Forward (opens the original)
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I’m not sure where to begin this letter, so let me start with this: Thank you to everyone who emailed me last week. While I turned off my Instagram DMs and replies while we were in the hospital with Ziggy, I made it known that my inbox was wide open and eager to receive your own anecdotes in relation to the extremely broad spectrum of childcare, and it helped. It all helped. Every email and every POV was read and considered, and truly helped calm the raging storm of jumbled thoughts that was my
having nothing to say (opens the original)
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since having rhodes, i cannot overstate the amount of times i’ve had a great idea for a letter to send but haven’t. because i can’t. because there’s no time. because something always comes up. it’s inevitable. i have a running list of letter ideas on my phone and grand plans of checking them all off one day, but a new week dawns and new problems arise and my writing time goes out the window. that’s just how it is right now. Read more
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