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Author: Brittany Hambleton

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9 min read General

Every week, the grocery run feels a little more like a mental workout. You scan the shelves, do the math in your head, and quietly wonder if you somehow missed something on the receipt. The prices haven’t collapsed the way everyone kept saying they would. They’ve just stayed stubbornly, relentlessly high. And while shoppers have...

11 min read Kids

Most people would agree that parenting comes with a certain amount of private accounting. The mental register of moments that didn’t go well, the tone that came out sharper than intended, the day that just ran out before the child’s needs did. That list accumulates alongside the love, and most parents review it at 2...

14 min read Relationships

The dinner conversation that used to go three hours now runs about twelve minutes, and most of it is logistical. Did you call the pediatrician back? We need to schedule the car thing. What do you want to do about Thanksgiving? You look across the table at the person you chose, the person you built...

10 min read News & Current Events

LASIK is everywhere. The billboards are everywhere. The coworker who had it done last spring and can’t stop talking about it is everywhere. Millions of people have had the procedure without incident, and the industry’s advertising reflects exactly that: clean, sun-lit imagery, satisfied patients, the promise of waking up and simply being able to see....

9 min read Kids

A kid on a dirt bike. A Tuesday evening. A quiet residential street in Washington State. And then a silver sedan mounts the curb and comes barreling down the sidewalk right behind that child. The whole thing was caught on a bystander’s cellphone, and within days the video spread everywhere. The person behind the wheel?...

12 min read Home

Your hands touch hundreds of surfaces before lunch. The door handle on your way out. The cart at the grocery store. The pen at the pharmacy counter. The phone you’ve been scrolling since 6 a.m. You wash your hands when they look dirty, or after obvious moments, like using the restroom or handling raw chicken....

5 min read Lifestyle

Finding the right word to accurately express our emotions, particularly when we’re angry, frustrated, or stressed, can be difficult. In these instances, swearing can be very helpful with effectively getting our point across or releasing some pent-up emotion. Most of us are taught from a young age that we should not swear, as many curse...