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If you’d asked me when I was twenty if I wanted kids, I would have told you, “Maybe, not right now.” If you’d asked me when I was...

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I’m mourning the loss of my father. To honor his memory, I'm doing Dry January. A month of sobriety shouldn’t be that hard, right? Right?

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I’ll say this, 2023 was a banner year.

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Frankfurt, Day 6

We woke up late again because, apparently, we just aren’t going to adjust to this time difference. Or maybe we are both chronically tired...

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