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On Saying Yes (opens the original)
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Last weekend, we gave our kids a YES Day.They’d been asking for one ever since we watched the movie YES Day a few weeks ago, and it seemed like the perfect sendoff the day before our nine-year-old left for sleepaway camp.My threshold for mess and disaster is a bit low, so it was imperative that we get the boundaries straight before letting them have at it.The day before, we outlined ten rules designed to preserve our safety and sanity. The boys then spent the evening discussing and strategizing
On How You Can Help (opens the original)
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Our family recently experienced an unexpected loss. A tragic, unfathomable, gut-wrenching loss. It was sudden and horrific. It was shocking and confounding. It still is.I’ve written quite a bit about death and grief. I thought I knew this landscape.And yet.There is a flood of emotion cascading down, like a dam suddenly broke. There is anger. There is fear. There is sadness. There is guilt. There is shame. And yet. There is also beauty. There is also sweetness. There is also joy. There is also lo
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