HeyJaredMissHezah Letter
Small bites of big thoughts related to my experiences with parenting, career, identity, grad school, and workplace culture.
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7 Things I’ve Learned in 7 Years as a Parent (opens the original)
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The Days Are Long (opens the original)
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From the moment they're born until—I don't know, I'm not there yet—parenting is a constant mental ping-pong between thinking, “I feel like they’ll never…” and “I can’t believe they…” I feel like they’ll never: stop crying, sleep, nap, sleep longer, nap longer, sleep through the night, stop breastfeeding, crawl, quit the pacifier, eat real food, walk, talk, say “I love you,” pee in a toilet, drop the nap, go to bed, poop in a toilet, ride a bike, read a book, graduate…And for every “they’ll never
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