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Sisterhood

There are few things as surprisingly good as spending one-on-one time with my 13-year-old sister Hannah. I say “surprisingly” because, like all sisters, we have our, well, moments. We currently share a bedroom, and a bed, until Ethan moves out of the house in September. It’s hard to share because, even though we did it for years when we were younger, I’ve since moved away and gotten used to having...

Jun 21st

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Lesson In Death

Amélie lost her first tooth! The excitement of this milestone event was, however, slightly dampened when we returned home yesterday afternoon and found one of the three goldfish in the backyard pond lying on its side, its gills working furiously. He was alive, but hanging on by a thread. Amélie immediately took charge by checking that the fountain was working (it wasn’t) and eventually, by...

Jun 10th

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The Nanny Diaries

I’ve started this blog without any sort of textual explanation for what I’m doing here, for what I intend to share with you. There are several domains of my life that I plan to explore on this blog, but I’m going to start with my job because it’s the one I’ve already blogged about the most. I am a full-time nanny for two absolutely amazing children, Kai and Amélie. I...

Jun 7th

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Age Debate

Amélie: Did you know you're still a kid, too?

Elizabeth: Nope.

Amélie: But I think you're like a teenager or something.

Elizabeth: No, I'm not! I'm twenty-one years old!

Amélie: You're a grown-up?

Elizabeth: Yes.

Amélie: I thought you were like thirty or something.

Elizabeth: Thirty years old!

Amélie: How could anyone even live to be thirty years old?

Jun 3rd