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Thanksgiving Stories & Conscious Parenting

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I dropped off my son at the Park-N-Ride Sunday morning so he could travel back up to college for finals, and then I headed out for my morning walk. All along the streets, parents were engaged in similar endeavors: getting kids into their cars, hugging and slinging suitcases into the trunk. As I walked along, I was overwhelmed with gratitude…

Parenting Through Grief: The Beauty of Resilience

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One of the most challenging parts of my journey has been the feeling that I have lost precious time with my children during these last two and a half years. Although I am powerless to change that fact, perhaps it is what inspires me to find the silver lining in the mess. It gives me a sense of recapturing the…