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I remember boarding the plane at 16 years old to venture to Australia. I was alone, scared, and excited. I was leaving all that I knew for a year as a Rotary Cultural Exchange Student in the Southern …
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As we prepare to leave Europe this Spring, after nearly two years meandering this spectacular continent, we find ourselves in familiar territory, except somehow this time it is different. We are …
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Set wide the window. Let me drink the day. ~ Edith Wharton The presentation is important in Italian culture. From the table to the tips of the perfectly pointed shoes, how one chooses to represent …
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Friday night I was flattened by the flu. I did not see it coming but the signs were all there. I was racing between playdates and birthday parties with editorial deadlines swirling. I had not made …
Our son came home from a friend's house yesterday, exhausted and happy. He fell into his bed not long after he arrived home. I was sure he had been racing around playing for hours to warrant such …
I have a confession. In years past, I would sometimes hang things, my children, made-by-hand toward the back of the Christmas tree. It was not that I did not love their creations, but I had a theme or …
