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The Adoption of Lindsey Goodman & Chris Carmean
Now you can enjoy Mom Flies Solo in your favorite format! For a text version of this story, please scroll below the image. For Audio, please click here: Podcast. For a video version, please click here: YouTube. By Jack the Bichon, Guest Writer My parents, Chris and Lindsey, got married in June and moved into…
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Poppy Will Always Fly With Us
My parents never expected to become parents so young, my mom in college, my dad in graduate school. They were just starting their adult lives. Money was scarce and now there was a tiny human who needed everything We talk of how parents watch their children blossom, but I never knew that I would watch…
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Why I Think This Speed Dating Site Should Change Its Name
I recently tried an online speed dating called “Fun Singles.” Spoiler alert: it was not. To start with, it was advertised as “Fun Singles Columbus Metro Area.” I thought I was stretching to call Acropolis any kind of “metro area.” But it turned out that Fun Singles defines the Columbus metro area as stretching from…
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Ease, Joy and Humor Journal
Let’s capture those little moments in life where we are gliding, just for a second. I will update this journal each night with small, cheerful moments. Feel free to contribute your moments of joy, humor and ease in the comments below! (Listen to my podcast about this Journal here.) 9/5/2023 9/4/2023 9/2/2023 9/1/2023 8/21/2023 8/20/2023…
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Best Piece of Advice I Ever Received. Period.
This is the 4th part in my series on the best advice I’ve received. Friends, we have arrived at #1 in the countdown. Drumroll please… The best piece of advice I’ve ever received is: Build a life from which you don’t need a vacation. (I’ll add that I strongly support taking vacations anyway…😉) But how…
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Best Piece of Advice I Ever Received, Part 3
And the runner up for Best Piece of Advice I Ever Received is….. “Don’t negotiate against yourself.” An acquaintance (with whom I was involved in a transaction) gave me this advice. She delivered the advice delivered off-handedly while passed each other on a run. Bells instantly rang in my head. Those bells reverberated through me…
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Best Advice I’ve Ever Received, Part 1
This is the first part of a series on the best advice I’ve ever received. Over the next four weeks, I’ll write about statements that have altered my life and inspired me for years. Although it’s impossible to rank their importance, I will attempt to count them down, Casey Kasem style. “And coming in at…
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Interdependence Day
Today is the 4th of July. It is a great day because I woke up healthy. Three years ago, I feared that I might not. I was in the emergency room, listening intently to the young doctor who had just examined my CT scan. “You have five masses in your abdomen,” she stated perfunctorily. “It…
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Maximize your Vacation by Packing Smarter
I consider myself lucky to have travelled a lot for my career to a lot of beautiful locations. But one thing I haven’t done much is to travel for vacation. I used to joke with friends who told me about their trips: “Vay – what – shun? Nope. Sorry. Never heard of it.” But recently my family…
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Visual Calendars Rock
In my recent post “Where the Wild Kids Are,” I discussed my how I equip myself for life with a super-active child. A visual calendar is another essential in our household. I bought this set of SchKIDules magnets with pictures of all of our common daily activities: I then bought several portable, magnetic dry-erase boards…
