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Category: For My Kids

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How to take a mental health day

skip to steps Today my 8 year old son and I took a mental health day. This was at my suggestion after he’d run into a frustration-styled brick…

January 13, 2022October 26, 2023 · 4 min read

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Odin’s Bones

It’s funny, I was out for a walk and thinking about Odin’s leg. How the one that was broken is longer than the one that didn’t get injured.…

August 24, 2021September 4, 2024 · 7 min read

Family

A message to my son on Mother’s Day

Hi O! You are four now, and not one for lengthy or deep conversations, but there are so many things I want to say to you, so I’ll…

May 12, 2017October 26, 2023 · 3 min read

Family

Message for my daughter on Mother’s Day

Hi Tas, This morning I was in the bathroom and saw our little message chicken (you know, the one with a set of little papers with nice sayings…

May 12, 2017October 26, 2023 · 2 min read

Family

Tasslenisms: part one

Words from my (now 5 year old) daughter. see also Tasslenisms One   ♥  Tasslenisms Two  ♥  Tasslenisms Three ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Tasslen: I’m so excited for…

March 12, 2015February 20, 2025 · 4 min read

Family

Grandpa

Henry John Turrisi was Sicilian, which means I am too. Which means I have Italian blood, and come every so loosely from some of the biggest imperialists of…

March 2, 2015May 31, 2025 · 1 min read

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