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The five people you meet in Pilates class
It was during the pandemic that I discovered Pilates. A friend was opening a studio and offered introductory classes, so I signed up. Because they were one-on-one Mat Pilates sessions over Zoom, my coach was able to give detailed, personalized instruction. She was relentless about correcting my form and would tailor each class according to…
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How to be a chill mother of the bride (or at least fake it)
I wasn’t the best mother of the bride ever, but I thought I did a pretty good job at being a relatively chill one. A former roomie once told me that I always seem to do things ahead of everyone else, so maybe you can learn a little something from my experience. Weddings will always…
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When we were bagets: 40 things from 40 years ago
I woke up one morning with my feed getting quickly populated by profile badges reminding me that, oh wow, it’s been 40 years since high school! Forty years! I can hardly believe it. Where did time go? Because I’m feeling a bit nostalgic, here are 40 things from 40 years ago when we were in…
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How a fiftysomething survived a motorbike tour of Ho Chi Minh
By hanging on to dear life, that’s how! Mwahahahaha I didn’t think I’d be 57 going around Ho Chi Minh on the back of a motorcycle, but there I was at fifty-plus-seven enjoying, and at the same time dreading, every minute of it. I first rode on the back of a motorcycle about two decades…
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The unexpected joys of traveling with grown-up children
Confession: I didn’t like going on vacations all that much when my children were younger. Yeah, sure, we were making core memories, but do those moments have to be so damn exhausting?! Mwahahaha I’m a single parent, which meant I had to do the work of two persons to make those core memories happen. But…
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