Well, I’m now 36. How did that happen? I understand so much better now the phrase that used to make me roll my eyes at older people, “But I don’t feel that old!” It’s true. I wouldn’t say I feel 20, nor would I ever want to be 20 again. There was a lot that…
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My 4-Year-Old Is Faster Than Me
When she was just 2 years old, E. ran her very first race at Disney. It’s amazing how that can feel simultaneously like yesterday and forever ago. On that day, she dashed 100 meters to the finish, sprinting every step of the way. We joked about her speed and said perhaps she had taken after…
Escaping the Madness for Magic
I’m becoming a broken record. It’s been another few days spent crying more than smiling. How to put into words what we’re all feeling together? I was just starting to come out of the haze of my cousin’s death. Instead of always crying when I thought of her, I even found myself smiling at certain…
The One Holiday Tradition We Never Miss
I feel like I’m starting to give y’all the impression that I’m a Christmas nut. Don’t get me wrong — I certainly love the holidays. But I’m also not one of those people who counts down for months until Christmas Day. Although, I’ve got to say, since having E., I’ve been crazier and crazier every…
Previewing the New Fantasyland
This weekend, we headed to the Magic Kingdom for a day we’d been eagerly awaiting for WEEKS. OK, I may have been the only one who was counting down the days, but that’s just because we didn’t tell E. until a couple days before. And it was a day I fought hard to make happen….