HeyJaredHudson Valley Mama
A bi-monthly newsletter featuring my favorite kid-friendly (and kid-free) spots in and around New York's beautiful Hudson Valley.
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Six Weeks in the Sun (opens the original)
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It turns out you can run away from your problems.(I’m only half kidding)We packed up and ditched the mess. Sure, a lot of it followed us here to Florida, that’s just life. But a lot of it stayed behind.The daily financial stressors—death by a thousand cuts—have been replaced with a moment of ease, and an opportunity to regroup and make a new plan.We didn’t win the lottery. We’re not buying a yacht. But we are renting a small, affordable, manageable home. We are enjoying the pool in our backyard,
Shedding. (opens the original)
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A few months ago I noticed that our Gecko had gone blind. No, Quinn’s Gecko, a 5th birthday gift that I had been staunchly against. “I will not be caring for this thing.” Yea, I said that. And a few years later I’m bathing her in warm water to help her shed, wriggling my fingers over her bumpy back, and watching the droplets roll off of her skin. She’d try to scurry away when I scooped her up for our little ritual in the cracked plastic off-brand Tupperware. “It’s okay,” I’d say. To the lizard.
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