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  Where the Wild Things Are

  Posted on February 7, 2010 by Diane in 5 life, living
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  Tweet The subject line of the email read: Cialis_Viagra_Ritalin__Percocet__Adderall!!! It’s as if they wanted to get my attention one way or the other. Attention. Two of my children take medication for ADHD. I was thinking back to the days before they did, back when the kids were tiny. Bedtimes were an absolute horror show, because [...]

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  A House of Happy

  Posted on May 6, 2009 by heyamaretto in 5 life
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  Tweet This morning I was getting Jenny ready for school- the usual sheepdog-nipping-at-the-heels stuff of trying to leave on time. I raced out to the car, and Jenny tossed one of her hundreds of questions a day at me. “Can we repaint our house?’ she wanted to know. “No sweetie,” I answered. “We have vinyl [...]

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  Back from Boston

  Posted on January 20, 2009 by heyamaretto in 5 life
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  Tweet I always love driving in to the city to pick up my daughter at her apartment. I used to fear driving there, but honestly? Nothing scares me anymore. I have developed this kind of he-who-hesitates-is-lost mentality, and in the city I have learned to drive at least aggressively enough. But my favorite part of [...]

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  All I Ever Learned…

  Posted on January 17, 2009 by heyamaretto in 5 life
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  Tweet Today I am helping out backstage at my 10 year old daughter’s play. The phone keeps ringing, which is driving me slightly nuts because I have to put off responding to any real estate matters, and I hate doing that, even for a few hours. No choice, however, so I am taking a deep [...]

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