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Book Recommendation: Little Bee
A Little Free Library popped up in our neighborhood, and Henry and I were very excited about stopping by. We finally did one day after school, and we each got a book. I grabbed Little Bee by Chris Cleave.Right before bed on Saturday night, I started reading the first chapter.And then I teared up. I cried because I couldn’t remember the last time I held a fiction book in my hand to read it for fun. Seriously.I remember when Tate was born (almost two years ago now!) and I read lots and lots of fiction books in those early days of middle-of-the-night breastfeeding (on my phone, using… Read More -
Instacart
I’ve been resisting ordering my groceries online. It’s more expensive, and I don’t like what it represents about modern life. I’d like to think that weekly trips to the grocery store are meditative and that they reconnect us with the essential parts of being human.But it’s been a really hard year for me and my family. Matt has had to take on a ton of extra things to support me in my work. I’m trying my best to keep my stress to a minimum so that I can be a good mother, a good wife, a good friend, and a good daughter, but I’m barely keeping my promises on… Read More -
Workouts for the Pool
We put in our backyard pool last year in August. It doesn’t have a heater, so we took the winter off. The boys (my oldest son and my husband) have been swimming nearly every day since March when the temperatures were in the 60s and 70s. Now that the temperature is in the low 80s, I, too, am swimming every day.I’ve been trying to run once on the weekends and once on the treadmill at the YMCA during the week, but I’d also like to make more of a concerted effort to exercise in the pool while I’m having out with the boys.Here are some resources I found:… Read More
