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On Equality
I’ve been meaning to write a post about maintaining an equal partnership with your significant other for a long time. First, I wanted to write about it because the topic comes up all the time when I’m hanging out with my friends from prenatal yoga, since all of us have new babies. Secondly, I wanted to write about this topic because some of you have been asking about it in the comments section.… Read MoreEquality has been at the forefront of my mind for a long time. As an American studies major in college (with a minor in gender studies), it was a constant topic. It also infuses my daily work
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Update: Family Mission Statement
Before Henry was born, I put some thought into how we should display our Family Mission Statement. I wanted it to be aesthetically pleasing, in a location that we visit frequently, and something that we could revise very easily throughout the years.… Read MoreI wanted to report that–so far–the IKEA frame hung above our toilet is working perfectly. The original family photo I used featured Henry in utero, so I wanted to update it to something more current. I quickly and easily cropped one of our vacation photos into a 5 x 7 and changed it to black and white using Picasa. Then I uploaded it to Snapfish and ordered
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Friends in Austin?
Henry (left) and his friends, via Ben BeckerI’m a little freaked out (or maybe a lot?) about moving to Austin and leaving behind all of our friends. I moved to Houston in 2003, and have been building friendships ever since (minus the year I spent traveling during my self-subsidized sabbatical and the year we spent living in Denver so we could attend Montessori training).… Read MoreAnd, to top it all off, I’ll be leaving behind the group of women I met during prenatal yoga. We meet monthly for brunch, we started a babysitting co-op, and I get together with two of the women for weekly play dates.
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