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Eras: The College Tour

November 5, 2023
The applicant’s version Nice to meet you, where you been? You can show me …read more

Pillowscapes

October 28, 2023
I have over 53 decorative pillows. In one house. They rotate seasonally with …read more

Fly

September 14, 2023
All along you know – they go from preschool to elementary school, and …read more

Last Minute Teen Easter Basket Ideas

April 8, 2023
For the teenagers, because you are never too old for an Easter basket I used to …read more

Kairos

February 5, 2023
    Because the Eagles are in the Superbowl, a repost. What will you do when …read more

Dear College Admissions Officer

February 4, 2023
Dear College Admissions Officer, You are reading my daughter’s …read more

Non Verbal Communication

May 14, 2022
    My mother always said if you don’t have anything nice to say, don&#…read more

Dear Target,

May 8, 2022
I am doing analysis, there is a pattern to this I can feel it… It’s …read more

Love What’s Yours

August 8, 2021
  I watch parents holding hands of young children heading on and off the …read more

What to Make For Dinner

May 22, 2021
  What. To. Make. For. Dinner. There is nothing in my life that could have …read more

Everyone Needs a Ride

May 8, 2021
Everyone needs a ride…  to practice, home from practice, to a …read more

The Gift

December 28, 2020
2020 has been a most difficult year. The list it seems is endless and touches …read more

It’s A Fortnite World

February 16, 2019
They used to make forts from pillows, and blankets, and the couch deconstructed.…read more

Every Tree A Story

December 19, 2018
  I lift out of the bin an ornament with a chubby hand print captioned &#…read more

Back to Somewhere

August 28, 2018
  “Mom!” my daughter said incredulously, “how did you …read more

Last Summers

August 22, 2018
    I can still recall our last summer… We watched Momma Mia 2, …read more

Amateur Hour

July 26, 2018
    Sometimes I get jealous of my parents. Raising kids in the 70&#…read more

It Wasn’t About the Cave

July 15, 2018
  I never played soccer, well as a team sport that is. This sport that has …read more

Pax et Bonum

June 19, 2018
Written by a Mother, with Elementary and Middle School graduates,   I have …read more

Amazing Witness

January 13, 2018
I drove past Greenwich Town Hall my eldest beside me, as tall as me, looking …read more

Why I Wake Early

January 6, 2018
Written by Mary, not Oliver, Main Line PA  Why I Wake Early   Sometimes …read more

Take Heart

July 28, 2017
  Sometimes I wish I could wrap my children in bubble wrap and send them out …read more

The Laundress

July 4, 2017
    Sometimes I feel like I could spend the rest of my life doing laundry. I …read more

Growing Pains

May 26, 2017
And they just keep growing…. My phone zonked out on me the other night in …read more

The Mom Olympics

April 27, 2017
I found myself at the Reading Olympics recently. Thinking of how I would kill …read more

Miracles

March 18, 2017
    I have found miracles in “million dollar parking spots” as I …read more

The Booths

March 1, 2017
The setting: The Acme in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania at the exit to the store The …read more

The Middle Place

February 18, 2017
A few weeks ago while skiing with my children, I was thinking about much harder …read more

Keeping Step

January 2, 2017
    I didn’t know it would be our last Christmas picture with Santa. …read more

The Philadelphia Story

November 30, 2016
    I was eastbound on Lancaster Avenue, he was headed west. As I  drove …read more

Thank you

November 10, 2016
  I never met him. He died before I was born. But my grandmother would tell me …read more

Soundtracks

October 3, 2016
    I was checking out at Trader Joe’s, Twist and Shout was playing …read more

Back to … wait, where are we going?

September 27, 2016
August is boardwalk, and beach, funnel cake. August is ice cream and sunsets …read more

The Good Old Days

August 26, 2016
Do you remember the Sesame Street show Here is your life? That is what it is …read more

I Don’t Know Why

July 29, 2016
I don’t know why …. I like to say things to my kids like “…read more

Synchronized

July 18, 2016
    The last guest left and I packed them into the car, with overnight bags, …read more

I Know This Much Is True

July 15, 2016
I may be naive. I may be simplistic. I may not consider all the angles and …read more

I haven’t worked it out yet

July 7, 2016
    I think is common knowledge at this point. My dislike of raccoons. Maybe …read more

Ascend

June 26, 2016
    What is there to say, there is so much to feel. My father. Would I say …read more

This doesn’t feel like Progress

June 15, 2016
    I scheduled the appointment with the nutritionist. Heard about corn …read more

Bad Dreams

June 11, 2016
    Because we are in baseball play off season, and next week is school …read more

This is How it Ends

May 23, 2016
  He showed me the blueprints drawn with pencil on a white sheet of paper. &#…read more

The Exhales

May 3, 2016
    I watched them from the back door, remembering childhood through them. An …read more

You Will Miss This

April 24, 2016
    You will miss the soccer cleats, and baseball bags, the clink of metal …read more

Botmoj-mom

April 15, 2016
    Is it wrong I am jealous of my brothers’ Bitmoji? Curly hair, cool …read more

My Soccer Life

April 13, 2016
    Somewhere in New Jersey, thousands of parents are lining soccer fields, …read more

What We Didn’t Know

March 18, 2016
Written by Marykate O’Malley, mother of three wonderful children, …read more

Anew

March 1, 2016
Written by Marykate O’Malley, mother of three wonderful children, …read more

For My Sister, On Her Foutieth

February 24, 2016
  You sister is your first friend, life long confidant, truest advocate, …read more

Things That Make You Go Hmmmmm

February 19, 2016
Written by Marykate O’Malley, mother of three wonderful children, …read more
 
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