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The Chaos Chronicles: Reluctant Sports Mom Edition (opens the original)
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I have a confession: I used to judge parents who let their kids’ sports dominate their lives. Now, here I am, packing dinner at 3 pm to feed my kids in the car between school pickup and swim practice 4 days a week. Our family’s schedule is dictated by practices and swim meets.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1409" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GzRZ!,w_1456
The Chaos Chronicles: Decluttering Edition (opens the original)
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If you give a mom a whole week with no kids at home1 (the first time, ever, that all three were gone for any extended period of time), she might consider her options. When she finishes work for the day, should she head to the pool with a book to read uninterrupted? Luxuriate in the silence of a house that has been decidedly un-quiet since the last day of school? Start working her way through the list of fun things she wants to do but never has time for?Or… she might decide that this is the perfe
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