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Ruminations from a professional mom, occasional filmmaker, & habitual dreamer who is never not multitasking.

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  1. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    Open the Floodgates (opens the original)

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    Yesterday, I faced a huge fear. Several, actually. First, I made my personal Instagram account public for the first time in a decade. That in itself was terrifying. Allowing myself to be seen, exposed, accessed.My account has been private ever since I divorced my first husband. I always tell people it’s because I have a child and post occasional photos of him there; that is also true, but the original reason I went private was so my ex could no longer know anything about my life. I felt the need

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