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Five Years of Missing Mom

Five years ago today, I lost the person I was closest to for the first 40 years of my...
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Family, Kids

"Mom, I Think You're The Tooth Fairy"

It was a battle of wits last night in my home. The Tooth Fairy versus an insatiably curious and...
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An Open Letter To My Beloved Husband On Our First Wedding Anniversary

Dearest Mike, I have officially spent the past 365 days as Mrs. Darter. Maybe my moniker hasn’t fully changed...
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Mom

3:00 a.m. Messages for Mother’s Day

I recently inexplicably started the daunting task of sifting through old emails, trying to make a dent in the...
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Family, Love, Mom

45 Takeaways From The First 45

I turned 45 recently, and I suddenly feel like a mom on the D-list. I am officially stalking 50...
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ABOUT JODI

Writer, author, and Mommy Dish blogger who responds, on average, to 7 million kid questions a day.

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