
11/03/20
2020 Gave Us Our Best Halloween Ever
On a normal Halloween, we just get dressed up and depend on NYC to do all the work for us. This year, we had to make the Halloween fun happen on our own.
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11/02/20
A Final Reminder to Vote
After 2016, no one can go into this election with certainty of the outcome. We’ve been there before and it bit us in the ass. So, I’ve been losing sleep thinking about all the WHAT IFs.
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There are plenty of “scary” movies your kids can watch without getting nightmares afterward. Or, you can up the ante and see if your kids enjoy a little spookiness. My kids surprised me.
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I am notoriously bad at corn mazes. Last year, it took us almost three hours to get out and I legit panicked. We ran out of water, my phone almost died and it was getting dark out!
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My dad and I have not always agreed on politics. He is very liberal in some ways but not so much in other ways. We have had many heated family debates in my adult life.
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10/27/20
Bedtime Stories Just Got an Upgrade
Every night, I read a book to Mazzy and Harlow. Then I lie down in bed with them and they ask me to tell them another story. It’s become a running joke that I always fall asleep somewhere in the middle.
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Mazzy has a history of dressing up as badass women for Halloween. Harlow, on the other hand, has been dressing up as the world’s biggest style icons since before she could walk.
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The election is crucial for many reasons, but one major reason is the health of our planet. Scientists say that in order to make meaningful change in reversing some of the damage humans have done to the earth, we need to act now.
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10/16/20
26 Parents Share Ideas for How They’re Making Halloween Memorable (and Safe) in 2020
Halloween isn’t canceled. It will just be different this year as parents get creative to make the night as fun and safe as possible.
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As the Senate leads hearings for the next Supreme Court Justice and the right for women to make their own medical decisions suddenly seems at risk, I thought it was important to share Haylie Grammar’s story.
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Since we are still in the middle of a global pandemic, my sister kept the celebration small. They came to our house for the weekend, and then expanded the party to her friends virtually.
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“I truly believe this election is one of the most critical in history, and if my perspective can help educate single-issue Republicans, I’m happy to share it,” writes Amanda Kreiger, a Democrat who describes herself as “staunchly pro-life.”
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“I am tired. Tired of the noise on the internet. Tired of getting mad every time I look at my phone. And tired of the constant pull toward a tiny device that is doing the thing it was built to do— suck my attention.”
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09/25/20
What it Means to be Pro-Choice
I’m beginning to think more and more people don’t understand what pro-choice means. It’s a spectrum…
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It’s one thing to see NYC find a new normal over the course of a few months; it truly did feel miraculous. But for those who left and returned, it’s a different experience.
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