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A reminder that there was life before kids
An empty nest preview. It's gonna be okay.
Jun 5
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Jenna Park
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The walls of silence
How a car accident, an email, and time chipped away at the walls between us. An essay on being mothered and being a mother.
May 15
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Jenna Park
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Outgrowing friendships
Friendships post-Instagram, post-empty nest, and the liminal time that is summer.
Apr 24
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Jenna Park
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In the bloom of spring, life doesn't stay stuck forever
Life breathes back in—and with it changes, decisions, and managing multiple streams of income.
Mar 27
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Jenna Park
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Raising biracial kids as a 1.5 generation American
The liminal state of being an immigrant
Jan 24
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Cherry blossoms in the snow, a January restart, and bed parties
The weather's just as confused as I am at the start of the year.
Jan 17
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Jenna Park
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The extraordinary in the ordinary
In another big year of change, I learn how to sit in cafes and sketch.
Jan 3
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Jenna Park
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The end of summer, and the first of many lasts
The importance of building memory banks
Sep 13, 2023
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Jenna Park
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Calgon, take me awayyyy! When motherhood puts you over the edge.
Some commercials from childhood really stick with us.
Sep 6, 2023
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Jenna Park
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Midsummer's melancholy
Growing pains of empty nesting; the unfolding process of letting go
Aug 2, 2023
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What ever happened to lazy summers?
The summer childcare scramble, and remembering the time my dad left me in a movie theater when I was 5.
Jun 7, 2023
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Decoupling
Post travel blues, back to reality, and another step closer in envisioning an empty-nested life.
May 10, 2023
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