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Personal Essays and Writing

Scary Mommy: Parenting in Midlife is a Non-stop Nostalgia Trip

November 2024

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New York Times Tiny Love Story: "Don't Dare Try the Plain Cream Cheese"

June 2024

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Putting Things Away, Barely South Review

December 2023

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Interview with Amanda Montei: Consent, Connection, and Care for Literary Mama

November 2023

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I No Longer Worry About Packing My Kids a Healthy Lunch, ParentMap

September 2023

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Where I'm From, with Alyson Shelton

July 2023

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Don't Ever Tell Me What To Do, The Brevity Blog

July 2023

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Controlling What I Ate Was How I Tried to Control the Messiness of Midlife, Grown&Flown

June, 2023

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MotherLove Project

March 2023

Magazine Stack

Memoir Monday

November 2022

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HuffPost: After My Mom's Death, I Developed A Seemingly Innocent Habit. Then It Spiraled Out Of Control.

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November 2022

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Interviewed: How Seattle Parents are Coping with Mental Health Challenges, Crosscut

October 2022

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ParentMap: Best Community-Building Ideas from the 70s

September 2022

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Insider: I Stopped Dyeing my Gray Hair

September 2022

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Care.com Interview: Parent Check: Why Are You Really Posting that Photo of your Kid on Social Media?

July 2022

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Whale Road Review: Interview with Jennifer Fliss

June 2022

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The Body Myth Podcast, with Ronit Plank

May 2022

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Evening Magazine

February 2022

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Free to Next Owner | Filter Free Parents

January 2022

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The Pandemic Midlife Crisis: GenX Women on the Brink
Essay: "Subtle Shifts"

October 2021

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Little Blue Engine|The Keepthings

October 2021

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Back-to-School Jitters: From Remote Learning to Regular School| ParentMap

August 2021

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Well Played | The Manifest-Station

April 23, 2020

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2021

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