1. Your Child’s New Obsession – From Inception to Garbage Bin

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    April 19, 2018 by Katia

    First they snub the prototype (a cake-shaped squishy they’re introduced to for the very first time by fellow patrons at …
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    Category: Boys, Humor, Mommy's overwhelmed, Motherhood, Siblings, Sometimes I'm Funny | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

  2. The Magic of Bending Time Through Travel

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    April 9, 2018 by Katia

    Tomorrow I’ll be coming back to work after a two-week vacation in Portugal and Spain. When I ride the subway …
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    Category: Sometimes I'm deep, Time, Travel, Wanderlust, Writing | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  3. Soaring Inward

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    December 7, 2017 by Katia

    I sometimes think about a different form of time travel, one where past is conveniently wrapped in the present and …
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    Category: Feelings, Identity, Immigration, Nostalgia, Sometimes I'm deep | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  4. Houses, Trees

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    September 30, 2017 by Katia

      Houses, trees. We are programmed to think that certain things are durable, solid, monolithic. A house, a tree, evoke …
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  5. Placing Yourself Outside of Your Comfort Zone – My Experience as a Stage Presenter at BlogHer 17

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    July 21, 2017 by Katia

    Exactly three weeks ago on Friday I stood on stage in front of a large audience, reading something quite personal …
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    Category: Blogging, Feelings, Feminism, Identity, Immigration, Sometimes I'm deep, Women, Writing | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  6. How to Have a User-Friendly Midlife Crisis

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    June 29, 2017 by Katia

    This is not a “How To” post. Some of the other titles I’ve considered include: Knock Knock. Who’s There? Midlife Crisis …
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  7. A List of Books I Haven’t Written (And How to Get Those That I Did)

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    June 12, 2017 by Katia

    You may know me from such books as “Things That My Children Think About me Based on Stuff I Tell …
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“First they snub the prototype (a cake-shaped squishy they’re introduced to for the very first time by fellow patrons at an Italian restaurant) with a superior shrug ‘no, thanks’. Next they announce that the continuation of their lives depends on the ownership of squishies and following the protocol, they launch a campaign. Smelling the familiar scent of victory, they throw in – as a sign of good will – a symbolic amount our way to be put toward the purchase of squishies as gifts. They select two identical sweet-smelling bread loaf squishies, and make all of their friends and friends’ friends and not so close friends and parents and dog-walking neighbours look at them. The realization that this is IT in terms of squishy versatility and repertoire must be sinking in. As time elapses the squishies generate an “11” (on a scale of 1-5, 1 being ‘passionate’ and 5 ‘hysteric’) in outbursts of emotion, but only upon realization that the objects are missing. The squishies, as all other midlife toys (three days to two weeks post-purchase) now evoke indifference and hysteria depending on their status (present or missing) and start resurfacing in off-the-beaten-track locations such as the bathroom cabinet and more popular destinations, like the parents’ bedroom. Eventually, after a three month hiatus and permanent pendulum shift toward ‘who dis’ one of the squishies is torn in half.” Continued on the blog. #amwriting #blogger #parenting #parentinghumour #parentinghumor #squishies #blogpost #funnymoms #momsofinstagram #iamthemilk #wordpress #wordpressblog

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