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Everything I Wish I Learned in College, I Already Know

Tuesday February 23rd 2010

There are a lot of things I wish I learned in college. None of them are academic, and most of them I already know. All of them are those “life lesson”-type things you learn (sometimes painfully) outside the classroom and are certain of only about 12% of the time.
We may have more technology at our [...]

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Facebook: Mom, it’s not what you think

Tuesday February 2nd 2010

About four months ago my mother became an avid Facebook user. Since then I have removed pictures, edited info, and made countless other efforts to make sure she still considered me her perfect little girl.
As older generations begin to infiltrate Facebook, younger generations, who are for the most part their family, are having to change [...]

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The Real Risks of Real Food

Tuesday December 15th 2009

Food has always been a central theme of family gatherings, but I don’t think you could call us a typical American family. Growing up, we ate out a lot or ordered takeout simply because busy work and school schedules got in the way of preparing dinner.
For the most part though, both my parents had a [...]

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Child of Divorce

Thursday November 26th 2009

I used to think of divorce as a bad thing. “My parents,” I’d think, “are better than that.” In my mind, it was a personal failing if you weren’t able to work out conflicts with your spouse.
Keep in mind that at the time of these thoughts I was 13. Much of my understanding of love, [...]

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