Permanent Retrograde
I’ve done a lot of dumb things in my life. Teen me did a lot of dumb things; they were exciting, sometimes dangerous. Unfortunately, doing dumb things doesn’t stop as you age. Your dumb things just get more frustrating because you feel like you should have a handle on life.
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My friend Zoe told me the best life advice her mother gave her was, “No guilt.” Her mother was correct. Shame and guilt are two things that compound wi…
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I’ve been a parent for twenty years, and I’ve heard every piece of parenting advice you can imagine. Diapers, car seats, parenting styles, sleep schedu…
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Since moving out of my parents’ house at eighteen, I have lived in Edmonton, Banff, A Van, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary and Los Angeles. I have owned t…
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