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Leggings: partial payback for centuries of female suffering
These stretchy wünder-pants are our right and reward for many hundreds of years of pain and suffering.
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Laurie Nigro Sometimes even your most epic fails as a parent turn into memorable wins
There's no way you're getting through this parenting thing without a few mistakes along the way.
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Laurie Nigro Life is never dull when you marry your exact opposite
I left the husband to turn off the television. For some reason, I went back to the family room and quite nearly choked on my chamomile tea when I saw what he had done.
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Laurie Nigro And we’re off! That didn’t take long, did it? Lazy summer days already a hazy memory
So far, I've not eaten my kids (yay me!) but I can't guarantee it won't ever happen. High school isn't over for a lot more years.
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Laurie Nigro In this adventure called life, finding the right tribe means everything
I’m a tremendously blessed woman. And that's what I chose to take away from this summer, flying bags of flaming dog crap and all.
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Laurie NigroThe ugly specter of school mornings looms large as September approaches
The end of summer portends.
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Laurie Nigro Clothes-shopping with my pre-teen, reliving the fashion horrors of my youth
Some trendy fashions of the 80s just should not make a comeback.
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Laurie Nigro The 40s: a decade of shock and awe
The "odd and uncomfortable bits of awful" slowly reveal themselves as you enter your mid-40s.
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Laurie Nigro: ‘It’s time for bed. Go get your hammer’ — and other crazy things I’ve told my kids
Kids do and say the darndest things — requiring parents to respond in kind.
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Laurie Nigro: Can’t retailers let us have a little bit of summer before back-to-school ads begin?
Back-to-school circulars arrive before the Fourth of July and by August, stores have Halloween costumes and even Christmas decorations on display.
