Are We Screw Ups?

“Are we (screw) ups?” Right away in the movie Away We Go, Virginia asks this of her boyfriend, Burt, while they’re sitting in a shack of a house.  She’s anticipating their first child and feels the raw emotions that come with stepping into it.
“What do you mean?” he asks?
“I mean, we’re 34 and we don’t [...]

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Celebrating 26 Years

Yesterday was our 26th wedding anniversary. Sometimes birthdays, holidays, anniversaries and the like pass without much thought. Last year, we were a couple of weeks away from the biggest move of our life when our 25th rolled around. Even though it’s supposed to be a milestone anniversary, we barely took note in the daze of [...]

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It’s All Connected (or it should be)

Robin Chase is a transportation genius. I’d love to meet her sometime. Nearly a decade ago, before all the hype about the national infrastructure system failing us, she founded a car-sharing service called Zip Car. UNC actually has Zip Cars here on campus, which may come in handy now that we’re down to one car. [...]

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Moving On By Letting Go

It surprises me how much time, energy and courage it takes to transition to a new stage of life. Seems like once you are done raising children you should just be able to start traveling or whatever you envision for your newfound “freedom.” Yet, we’ve recently spent many weeks talking about what our second half [...]

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