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Dear Children: Doll Skirt
Dear Children, Today your daddy and I went out to lunch while you were at school. I know this is shocking. I imagine that when you think of your parents while you are at school (and you do, right? All...
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Dear Children: Summer Vacation Has Started?
Dear Children, It is going to be a long summer. You have been home on summer vacation for four hours and seventeen minutes. You brought home a cake that was supposed to go to one of your teachers. I am...
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Dear Children: Hating Me
Okay. So, you say you hate me. I know. I can hear it in your muttered breaths. The secret whispers to your friends. The dramatic outbursts to your sibling. And that is okay. Yes, of course it hurts....
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Dear Children: Social Media
Dear Children, I know you are upset at Mommy for denying you access to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. I know it seems unfair when your peers get to participate in something you are not allowed to...
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Dear Daughter: The Happening,
I have a secret tornado that swirls in my chest at night. It twirls through my heart and stomach. Back and forth. Again and again. Until it finally dislodges the lump in my throat. The storm turns to...
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Dear Children: Back To School
You are now back in school. The days have begun anew, filled with the terrible curse of a schedule. Early mornings. Nights that we try so hard to stretch. The darkness covering our outstretched arms...
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Dear Children: The Bad Apple
There was once a beautiful queen. She ruled her land with kindness and care. She loved to travel the countryside and visit with her subjects. One day while she was wandering, she came upon an apple...
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Dear Children: Halfway
Today you have to go back to school after your long winter break. I just want to wring my hands and cry. I am not ready for you to go back. I have enjoyed every single moment of you being at home with...
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Dear Children: Entitlement
First, let’s start with the definition from Google. Entitlement: “The fact of having a right to something.” The FACT of having a right to something. Oftentimes, we confuse opinion with fact. There are...
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Dear Children: Being A Stick-In-The-Mud,
Call it a fuddy duddy. Stick-in-the-mud (which by the way sounds better than being mud, doesn’t it?). A party pooper. These are all society’s acceptable names that seem to be okay to call someone who...
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Dear Children: The Cut
The hardest thing about being a parent (and there are many hard aspects to it, despite what you may think) is learning when to let go. Learning when to allow you to have your freedom. For eighteen...
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Dear Children: Yours
When you are sick. I am nauseous. When you are thirsty. I am parched. When you are in pain. I am in agony. When you have heart ache. My own heart breaks. When you cry. My own eyes run rivers. And it...
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Dear Children: First Day Of School 2014
I was informed over the summer that I do not know what junior high school boy’s fashion looks like. This might surprise you, but I am going to take that as a compliment. For many reasons. I also...
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Dear Children: A Case of the Pssts,
I want to use this letter to warn you of a virus that is going around. It is called The “Psst.” Please be very careful that you do not get it. It is contagious. It is spreading. It is disgusting....
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