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Stress, Women and How My Girlfriends Helped Me Through 2020
Two-thousand and twenty. The year of stress. The abrupt and unexpected shut down of life earlier this spring sent nearly the entire world...
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gallagherkara
- Oct 21, 2020
- 5 min
An Open Letter To My Children's Education Staff
Dear Administrators, School Board, Teachers, And All The Hardworking Staff Involved In My Children's Education, I wish I could sit down...
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gallagherkara
- Oct 3, 2019
- 3 min
Four Tips to Writing That First Draft
The blank page can be an intimidating and scary prospect for a lot of writers. Whether you’re trying to write that masterpiece novel that...
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gallagherkara
- Jan 14, 2019
- 2 min
Do Writers Need to Read?
Yes. Go pick up a book. The end. Alright. In all seriousness, if you want to get better at writing, or even just write at all, reading is...
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gallagherkara
- Jan 5, 2019
- 2 min
2018 Word of the Year
It may not be a surprise that this writer is also an incredible word nerd and every year, I anxiously wait to see what the Oxford Word of...
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gallagherkara
- Apr 15, 2018
- 4 min
Individual Time For My Individual Kids
Do you know what one of my biggest fears was when I was pregnant with triplets? Group think. I was worried that these three little...
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gallagherkara
- Apr 6, 2018
- 3 min
Creativity is Calling, You Should Answer
Create. This idea of creating and the act of creativity feels so essential to me. It's actually been on my mind a lot lately. And when I...
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gallagherkara
- Mar 27, 2018
- 4 min
A Post About My Hair
“But I just want to dye it brown and make it straight!” I used to say this to my mom, through tears, after school. More than once I would...
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gallagherkara
- Mar 6, 2018
- 5 min
Fly On The Wall (You're the Fly)
Alright. I know you’ve thought it. At some point in learning that I have three children the same age and a child with extra needs, you’ve...
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gallagherkara
- Mar 6, 2018
- 5 min
Lessons From a Typical Mom
As promised, this is my follow up post for all those well meaning adults out there who want to teach their children (and learn...
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gallagherkara
- Feb 21, 2018
- 4 min
Be Kind
Last Saturday, Spencer and I had the afternoon to ourselves. Saturdays and donuts are the most glorious match made in heaven, so bing,...
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gallagherkara
- Feb 15, 2018
- 3 min
Date Night i.e. Why We're Still Married
You know, MY plan in building a family involved a slow and steady approach. One kid at first, maybe another one a few years later. If...
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gallagherkara
- Feb 3, 2018
- 3 min
Sweating For My Sanity
Remember in Annie, when the amazing Carol Burnett was simply terrible to all the little girls in the orphanage? I turn into a slight...
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gallagherkara
- Jan 18, 2018
- 3 min
Awards Season: Gimme a Prize
Awards Season is upon us. The Grammys. The Golden Globes. The Oscars. Everyone is having their shindig to pat one another on the back for...
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gallagherkara
- Jan 18, 2018
- 2 min
Winter, Blah? Or Awwww.
I have a policy about weather. I am only allowed to complain about one season per year. I can’t curse the snow AND get mad when I’m a...
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gallagherkara
- Jan 11, 2018
- 2 min
Take Up Space
I’m a sucker for a new year. It’s a big ole blank canvas of possibilities. Call me cliche, but I’m all about the reflection of the old...
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gallagherkara
- Dec 30, 2017
- 3 min
2017 Highlights
JANUARY My triplets turned 7 on the 7th, thus having their first and only GOLDEN BIRTHDAY. I planned for months ahead of time to make it...
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gallagherkara
- Dec 17, 2017
- 3 min
How Do I Do It? Hmmm...
When the topic of my family dynamic comes up, (triplets and a younger brother with special needs) I love when people say to me, “I don’t kno
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gallagherkara
- Dec 1, 2017
- 3 min
YO! RELAX!
Your cookies will look terrible, but humming Jingle Bells with your 7 year old while you were decorating them is something...
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