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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    Category: Identity, Midlife Crisis, Sometimes I'm Funny, Women | Tags: , , , , ,

  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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    Category: Humor, Motherhood, Sometimes I'm Funny, Uncategorized, Writing | Tags: , , , , , ,

  8. Scarred

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    June 4, 2017 by Katia

    Once when I was eight or nine years old a hand grenade was thrown on the bus that I was …
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    Category: Feelings, Sometimes I'm deep, Terror, Uncategorized | Tags: , ,

  9. David and Goliath Got Nothing on Dove’s Moms and Babies

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    May 11, 2017 by Katia

    Most people who choose to dedicate themselves to the academic study of Art History realize that their choice will open …
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    Category: FTSF, Humor, Mommy's overwhelmed, Motherhood, Sometimes I'm Funny, Uncategorized, Women | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  10. Letting Go of Jenn

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    March 16, 2017 by Katia

    There are certain recurring dates that I encounter at different corners of my life through same-day birthdays, anniversaries and less …
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    Category: Feelings, Friendship, Identity, Immigration, Nostalgia, Sometimes I'm deep, Women | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

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