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3 Reminders - 3 values - 33 days left in the year!

When I was 16 years old, my friend Billy showed me a book about animals with chickens in cages right in the middle of science class.

It was so...

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nyc marathon magic

My son Jack and I were at mile 25 of the NYC marathon last weekend waiting for our friend Liz to cross the finish line.

We were early, and spent an...

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animal messenger: bluebird

It’s a 3rd of the way into November - and it’s 11/11 for those of you who follow the signs!!

As I do every month, I invite you to join...

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honoring Blake

Grief is inexplicable but I will try to process mine here.

This week I was going to write about the power of gratitude and unfortunately life...

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playing the lottery

I used to feel badly for the people who bought lottery tickets every day.

I would throw out statistics in my mind like, “Don’t they...

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the furrowed brow award

In 7th grade, my teacher Mr. Greenspan handed out the “end-of-the-year" awards. Diligent student that I was, having devoured The Phantom...

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island school music program

Do you know the difference between a viola and a violin?

Exactly. Neither did I.

But my older sister Karen was already playing the violin, so in...

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animal messenger: owl

It’s been fun to find animal messengers in my daily life, but it’s even more incredible to hear about the synchronicities and sightings...

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we made up this holiday

Today is one of my twin girls' half birthday.

How is that possible?

Forever they will share their birthday, but their half birthdays? They each...

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what's your happy place?

There is a little bridge that connects the state of New Jersey with a long, skinny 18-mile island where I spent my childhood summers.

A few weeks...

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can you let your kid fall?

High school varsity sports tryouts were last week.

Maddie picked volleyball and Sydney picked tennis and the night before they were to find out if...

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are you going through a transition? this will help.

I wanted to write about 17 other things today but I can’t get the word transition out of my mind.

Last week I wrote to you about being...

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