Tag: life
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Promises
I have always loved the movie Finding Nemo. Near the end of the film Nemo’s Dad (Marlin), speaking about his son says, “I promised I’d never let anything happen to him”. His friend Dori replies, “that’s a strange thing to promise.” This simple exchange struck me in a profound way and the echoes of it…
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The Steam Room
Let me set the scene: My husband Eric works away a lot. He began working week long 24 hour shifts when Trystan was 7 months old and was still in that routine when Loukah came along. For the first 6 years of parenting life we had very few dates and I had even fewer…