Sophie, The Labeler

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Sophie, The Labeler

March 3, 2014 – 11:10 pm

Found this gem in the bathroom tonight. DrDE tlow = DIRTY TOWEL “Parenthood: That state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage.” —Marcelene Cox

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Sophie knows that Andy goes to work every day. And that he works on a computer every day. And that his work earns our family money every day. She attends a Montessori preschool and the word “work” is used often. So she also understands work as an activity she pulls off of a shelf and […]

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This I Believe

October 3, 2011 – 2:15 pm

Last week a brown truck stopped in front of my house. The driver of the truck acknowledged our “please knock” sticker over our doorbell (16-month-old boys woken early from their nap because of a ringing doorbell does not make for a fun afternoon). He knocked softly and left. I opened the door and found a […]

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Pleiades Bee

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