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You Asked, I Answered: Chores, Choices, and My Childhood

When I asked for blog topic ideas recently, many of you mentioned parenting — both my relationship with my own parents and how we raise Belle and Indy.

Here goes…

Q: “You seem to have a…

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  • Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Home, Parenting, Personality Insights
  • May, 21, 2025
  • 51 Comments

Fourteen Years of Regular Solo Parenting: What I’ve Learned and How I’ve Survived

Several years ago, I wrote a post about my solo-parenting experiences. (It was on my “old blog,” so unfortunately, I can no longer link to that).

When I asked readers for new topic ideas, Katie…

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  • Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Family, Hard Things, Life, Parenting
  • Apr, 24, 2025
  • 52 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: A Winter Walk in the Woods

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  • Exercise, Joy, Life, Nova Scotia, Parenting
  • Feb, 12, 2025
  • 20 Comments

Christmas Treasure Hunt 2024

Today marks my final Christmas Gifts of 2024 post. (I promise!)

Years ago we came up with the idea to create a Christmas morning treasure hunt for the kiddos with a series of clues leading…

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  • Christmas, Parenting, Paris
  • Jan, 08, 2025
  • 50 Comments

Bible Verse Clues: A Christmas Tradition

We celebrated Belle’s first Christmas with dear friends. And that was the year they introduced us to one of their beloved family traditions. A few years later we had adopted it as our own!

On…

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  • Christmas, Faith, Parenting
  • Jan, 07, 2025
  • 32 Comments

Thrifting for Christmas Gifts + You Might Be Surprised How Many Items Our Kids Receive

In response to my Happy Things Friday post last week, Rachel asked the following:

Out of curiosity, do you buy new or used for Christmas gifts for your kids? Do you think about it at…

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  • Christmas, Holidays, Joy, Money, Parenting, Thrifting
  • Dec, 19, 2024
  • 36 Comments

She Can Still Be a Doctor – Sage Advice I Return to Often

This is the third time I’ve reposted this little “essay.” The first time it was new, the second time I wanted to share it again since it really does feel like a pivotal moment…

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  • Friendship, Parenting
  • Dec, 04, 2024
  • 34 Comments
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