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A Review of the Coleman Family Tent
Canadian Tire has this commercial. I did not know about this commercial thanks to the magic of PVR, but when I purchased this behemoth of a ten-person tent for a 5 day family camping trip, Coleman was...
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The Rollergiraffe on Mommy Shaming
rollergiraffe:It’s been a rough week, folks. This parenting gig is hard shit sometimes, and we have had some doozies this week. Just this morning my dog ran away while the children were having a...
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Making Halloween Happen
Kind of. My four-year olds are totally enthralled with costumes, and I have had occasion to dine with a unicorn, giraffe, lion, or Captain America. Batman helps me pick out tampons at the drug store...
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Dear The Huffington Post
I recently perused your article Christmas Gifts for Mom: 15 Items that Won’t Break the Bank. It featured an adorable photo of a young child holding her forehead to her mother, along with not 15, but...
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The dandelion
A dandelion, on the occasion of having it’s bright yellow head whacked off, will learn to grow closer to the ground. And that, dear child, is what happens with words sometimes. They whack your head...
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Hungry, Hungry, Hippo Marbles and Unraveling
I found a Hungry, Hungry Hippos marble in my garbeurator recently.* It’s been months since we had a marble sighting, but I know that there is at least 17 more to be found around our house. It is a true...
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Autism
1 in 68 children is diagnosed with Autism. Chances are, you know a family that lives with this unwieldy thing, and you know that comes in so many different shapes and sizes. Our family knows Autism...
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Five
This boy is going to wake up 5 today. And so will this one. Technically, they were born mid-morning, but only for a minute will I have a 4 year old and a 5 year old and then 4 will be a memory. A...
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Firsts
Remember this, your little boy. Riding down your block, bright red shirt, 23 in big white letters against the green grass and apple blossoms. Training wheels still banging against the sidewalk. The...
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NO HAPPY BIRTHDAYS HERE
As of today, I have dragged this carcass around the sun 37 times now. I know that doesn’t exactly put me in the category of wizened old broad just yet, but I have come to the realization over the past...
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A tangled mess of hope and loss
When you find out you’re pregnant you assume that this little person is about to be, and instantly rebuild a whole vision of the future with them in it. They’ll be born right after your sons’ 6th...
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Forces
Gravity can press you down or open you up, depending on which way your orient yourself to it. Our instinct is to fight this force. Our first act is defiance; to reach up, push up, stand up. We watch...
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A Rollergiraffe Explains Her Whereabouts
Tap, tap, tap… is this thing still on? Right, well, whether it is or not, the magnanimous BroJo mentioned that he was keen to get back here. I prodded him, he prodded me back, and well, here we are....
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Bathtub Misadventures
My boy turned blue in the tub tonight. That sounds horrifying, but it wasn’t quite what you think. Rather inexplicably, the bathtub appliques we have peacefully coexisted with for six years suddenly...
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