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I’m Waiting…

We all have to wait.  There’s a spectrum of patience, from Indian bureaucracy at the top to Manhattan driver at the bottom.  I can be patient when I know it’s truly out of my hands, and horribly impatient when it’s

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Down in Front!

Ahh, Christmas.  The season of togetherness, giving, warm feelings and…hey, sit down in front.  Sit down.  Sit down!  SIT DOWN! Every year at our preschool we go to see our kids in the Christmas pageant.  It has become tradition, as

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Getting More Food on Your Face

Of all the things I have to deal with in parenting–the temper tantrums, dirty diapers, unflushed toilets, runny noses–the thing that irritates me is messy faces.  Child Harbat never had too much of an issue with this and learned to

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Bring Your Child to Work

You may think it’s a distraction to have your child at work.  The bosses will think it hurts the bottom line, that the corporate structure is unable to compute for non-productive workers under four feet tall.  The accountants will frown

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Picky Eaters

We are coming up on the biggest eating event of the year and if you have young kids, it’s possible your teeth are already pre-gritted.  Pick eating:  the bane of a foodie parent’s life.  I don’t know why I get

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Climbing, aka Not Falling

It took me many years to realize my fear of heights is much more about seeing someone else fall than falling myself.  Yes, I can hear the braying laughter of my family already, but it’s true.  Maybe it’s popularity of

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Music That Makes My Son Cry

Surely there’s some music in your life that you hold in reserve, something that drills through the layers of carapace and emotional ossification and gets to your heart.  When you allow yourself to hear this music it unlocks a pure

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Tooth, Lost

What’s so great about losing a tooth?  Is it the distinctive feel of a gap in your smile, a place through which your tongue can wriggle like a worm through pebbles?  Maybe it’s the clear transition from little-kid status to

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Being Away From Your Child

Now I know how the border collie feels, standing in the field with the grass tickling its belly, knowing a sheep has escaped over the hill and beyond the copse of trees.  I know how the eagle feels the first

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Plein Air Yoga

When the heat of the day accumulates in the house, by dinnertime all the stuffiness and noise and grumpy tiredness simmers within until we’re all snapping at each other like alligators.  Which is how I found myself in the front

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