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Dizzy

PerspectiveMelanie DaleMarch 7, 2024melanie dale, aging, spring2024part1 Comments

Accidental Naughty Elf

StorytellingMelanie DaleNovember 30, 2023Christmas, adult children, humor, winter2023part1a, melanie dale Comments

Old Mom, New Mom

Perspective, School AgeMelanie DaleSeptember 7, 2023melanie dale, aging, high school, fall2023part1 Comments

Modifications

PerspectiveMelanie DaleMay 31, 2023melanie dale, summer23part1a, showing up Comments

The Last Days of the Swim Taxi

School AgeMelanie DaleFebruary 28, 2023spring2023part3, children growing up, carpool, melanie dale Comments

Final Mom

The Hard Stuff, PerspectiveMelanie DaleOctober 31, 2022melanie dale, halloween, monsters Comment

Can't Take Us Anywhere

PerspectiveMelanie DaleJuly 19, 2022humor, teenagers, vulnerability, melanie dale Comment

Burning Dead Dreams

The Hard Stuff, Best of C+C, InfertilityMelanie DaleJune 7, 2022burning dreams, new dreams, cancer, melanie dale, sabbatical page Comments

A Stirring Story

Marriage, The Hard Stuff, Best of C+C, January BestMelanie DaleFebruary 9, 2022cancer, recipe, risotto, in sickness, in health, marriage, love after babies, melanie dale Comments

Giving Micro-Thanks

PerspectiveMelanie DaleNovember 24, 2021melanie dale, thanksgiving, gratitude, cancer Comments

What Happens When I Don't Get My Coffee

PerspectiveMelanie DaleOctober 18, 2021humor, coffee, melanie dale Comment

The Less You Know

StorytellingMelanie DaleJune 24, 2021melanie dale, the less you know, teenagers Comments

Goodbye Grade School

PerspectiveMelanie DaleMay 24, 2021melanie dale, growing up, older kids, end of elementary school Comment

Out Damn Spot

Mental Health, PerspectiveMelanie DaleApril 7, 2021melanie dale, OCD, covid-19 Comments

All By Myself

Friendship, PerspectiveMelanie DaleMarch 3, 2021melanie dale, parenting older kids, mom friends Comments

Falling To Pieces

Marriage, PerspectiveMelanie DaleFebruary 5, 2021love after babies, special needs, melanie dale Comments

Scream Queen

Storytelling, The Days Are LongMelanie DaleJanuary 13, 2021toddlers, crying jags, melanie daleComment

Explaining 2020 To My Grandkid Someday

StorytellingMelanie DaleDecember 16, 2020melanie dale, covid-19, humor Comments

Conversations In The Land Of Nod

PerspectiveMelanie DaleNovember 4, 2020teenagers, interrupted sleep, melanie dale Comments

Maybe I Could Fake My Own Death

PerspectiveMelanie DaleOctober 12, 2020covid-19, being tired, melanie dale Comments