JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

I like to watch my husband pack. I like to watch the way he folds his shirts. How he puts the shirt on the bed, bends the arms behind the back and makes a tight square to place into the suitcase. Everything I know about men’s clothes I learned from Ted. But I still can’t […]

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Last month The Redhead requested opinions on whether or not she should change her name when she marries Joey. What readers wrote in her comments, sharing their experience and advice was both humorous and helpful, I thought. Dean Esmay wrote a post recently describing his feelings about name changing. I would try to quote part […]

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Katherine and her family sent a creative Christmas letter, listing some of their favorite things from the year. Here are our children’s favorite animals (at the moment). Any guesses as to which ones are whose?

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On Tuesday, the 14-year-old girl who drove the vehicle in which 16-year-old Sarah Gillette died last summer was sentenced to 15 to 36 weeks in a state juvenile prison and rehabilitation center. An article this week in the Kitsap Sun included pictures. There is one of Sarah, and one of her father, Chris, whom I’ve […]

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Posts on the importance of parenting Ilona linked to Victoria’s Your Message In exploring the enneagram, Riso and Hudson have identified ‘lost messages’ that we needed to hear as children but didn’t. The absence of these words may be at the heart of our most basic fear. And unconsciously we may still be seeking to […]

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