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What Small, Inexpensive Things Make Your Life Better?

Finding random tools that make our lives easier is one of my husband’s love languages. There are the rechargeable motion sensor lights inside our kids’

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How to Show Up For Kids Who’ve Lost a Parent

My dad died when I was 15. A couple months ago, I talked to grief therapist Natalie Greenberg, and she said something that stuck with

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What Do You Eat for Lunch?

My current hyper-fixation meal is this easy fridge salad… The other day, my friend Maddy whipped up some Mediterranean couscous. She’s the kind of person

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Different Days | Cup of Jo

Ruth Chan is an illustrator who lives in Brooklyn with her husband, daughter and dog. She writes and illustrates children’s books. For Cup of Jo,

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Have a Good Weekend. | Cup of Jo

What are you up to this weekend? The boys just left on a trip with their dad, and I already miss them so much! Longer

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What Summer Books Are You Reading?

I’m coming to you with something a little different from my Race Matters column: summer reading recommendations! I’ve been a book editor for more than

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What Fun Facts Do You Know?

File this under “the most random CoJ post ever,” but the other day, Freddie and I went to a party… We snagged seats at the

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A Colorful Philly House With Three Cats and Herbal Tea on Tap

Ten years ago, author Emma Copley Eisenberg bought a 1,100-square-foot row house in Philly that needed a lot of work. “I joke — it’s not

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Our Edit: Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale

Sweater: Vince. Jeans: Frame. Shoes: Dolce Vita. Over the years, whenever I’ve been looking for something special, I’ve turned to Nordstrom. (I got my prom

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What I Envisioned

By the lovely Grace Farris. P.S. Perimenopause: The board game and things that have prevented me from wearing white pants. … Read more The post