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Naming What's Hard: Melancholy, Regret, and Tears at Target

September 21, 2017 By Jodi

I cried at Target yesterday. I was standing just a few feet from the customer service lane, where a helpful employee was working on my situation. It had been a successful resupply run, and my cart was full of enough diapers, wipes, toilet paper, and coffee filters to last a couple months: I wouldn't have...

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Lavender at sunset in Devon, England

What Have You Been Thinking About Lately?

July 19, 2017 By Jodi

I don't need to mention how long it's been since I posted or how badly I feel about that—I'm sure those things are obvious. I've had lots of ideas for posts and zero time to write them out: we were in England for a week, visiting family; two days after we returned, we hosted family...

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Mountain valley in shade and sunlight

On Being a Little Less Overwhelmed

June 13, 2017 By Jodi

My last post was a confessional about how overwhelmed I've been feeling, in light of a new baby and an imminent international move (and, um, writing—or not writing—this blog).  Since publishing that post, we've made some pretty big steps: shown our apartment to a couple possible tenants, signed a lease on a rental in Corvallis,...

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Do You Write in Books?

February 10, 2017 By Jodi

I love a brand new book. I love the unbroken spine, the sharp corners, the fresh smell. I love knowing that I'm the first person to open the book and turn each page. I remember in high school, when our English teacher would hand out the next reading assignment, I'd always hope to get the best copy. I'd...

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Waxing crescent moon

Let's Talk About the Moon

January 5, 2017 By Jodi

For some reason, I've got it stuck in my head that I'm going to teach my kids, from the very beginning, about the stages of the moon. I think it would be so cool to hear a tiny human voice say, "Look mama! A waning crescent moon!" With that in mind, any time we see the...

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Definition of vernal

Four Fun Words

December 28, 2016 By Jodi

I love words. In high school, my English class was roundly chastised by our teacher for not being intellectually curious enough to look up words we didn't know (while reading Crime and Punishment—I sort of felt getting through that tome was task enough without having to stop every page or two to look up new words!). Since that day,...

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Bonfire at Rosendals Tradgard

Celebrating the Winter Solstice

December 21, 2016 By Jodi

Today is the winter solstice, the longest night of the year. This morning the sun rose at 8:43am, and it will set this afternoon at 2:46pm. We won't see any of that, though, because the sun's entire path across the sky is obscured by clouds. Today feels dark and closed-in, and I've felt an overwhelming tiredness that...

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German typewriter

Do You Use the Oxford Comma?

December 20, 2016 By Jodi

I love grammar. In elementary school, I loved having English homework and doing all the exercises, paying attention to exactly where apostrophes and commas go and how, exactly, to use a semi-colon. (And I use too many of them, according to my search engine optimization plugin.) Which means, of course, that I love the Oxford comma.

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Thoughts on Doing "Worthwhile" Work

December 2, 2016 By Jodi

A while ago I wrote about why you shouldn't you follow your passion (though a reader, Laura, pointed out that the piece might have been more appropriately called something else, like Why You Shouldn't Lose Heart if You Don't Have a Passion). That piece seemed to be particularly resonant, as I've received a lot of feedback on...

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Trusting My Audience

November 21, 2016 By Jodi

Today I'm letting you in on a little of the backend stuff that happens here at Dear Sabrina. I run this blog on WordPress, and I've installed a standard set of plug-ins (think of them as apps) to help me run different aspects of the backend. One of those, perhaps the most popular, is called...

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I just repatriated from Sweden to the US with my British husband and three young kids. I started this site while living in Sweden to build the conversations and community we've had with loved ones around the world, and to create a space to share thoughts about life, beauty, motherhood, and everything else. read more →

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