READING BETWEEN THE PINES

Tag: children

  • I Am Not A Farmer (Part I)

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    Stacie Chadwick
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    After creating two posts a week since the inception of this blog, I’ve written nothing for the last three. Zero. Nada. Zilch. I’ve been on vacation mode, and I can’t bring myself to do anything that doesn’t involve self-tanning, a cocktail, and my DVR. For the Type A, sometimes over-achieving, often napping Gemini that I…

  • Making a Case for the Small Things in Life

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    Stacie Chadwick
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    Flying with children can be more excruciating than an outdoor back wax on a sub-zero day.  Unless they’re old enough to serve as free labor and schlep all the carry-ons.  Then it’s awesome. But I’m not there yet. So on a fairly recent flight from D.C. to Denver, our family got stuck in the holding…