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Launching is a Team Sport

on Dec 13, 2019

We’ve turned “launch” into a powerful, multi-use word in the English language. It’s the word we use when we send a boat into the water, a rocket into the air, and a newly minted adult into the world. All big, scary things. Sending a little boat from firm dry land...

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Why The Easter Bunny is My Spirit Animal

Why The Easter Bunny is My Spirit Animal

on Apr 13, 2017

  My most painful parenting moment, bar none, was the night I accidentally told my eight-year-old that there was no Santa Claus. The day after Christmas, she had seen some toy boxes in the garage, which matched the gifts so perfectly assembled under the tree the previous morning. As I tucked...

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