September Together Tips: Broken But Buoyant & Back-to-School

September Together Tips: Broken But Buoyant & Back-to-School

Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, HAPPY Back to School? Scratch. WELCOME Back to School? No, that isn’t right either. Back to school, hello, is it you? AGAIN. I see you. And that graphing calculator on the middle school math supply list I have yet to purchase....

Together Tradeoffs: Using Togetherness to Make Choices

Occasionally, Togetherness gets a bit of a rep for being inflexible. But we believe the opposite around here. As you’ve heard me say before, “The more planned you are, the more flexible you can be!” (PS I’m thinking I should print this on a shirt! Would you wear that?...

August Together Tips: Solitude, Spiders & Stand-Up Paddleboards

Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, I greet you today, following SEVEN days of blissful solitude, from a semi-undisclosed-location near my Homeland.  When you are a solo-parent whose kids go to camp (a privilege I’m keenly aware of, and also SO MANY LABELS), who...
Camp Maia: Otherwise Known as a Vacation with Six Children

Camp Maia: Otherwise Known as a Vacation with Six Children

Hi! I’m back! And after two weeks of much needed away-from-a-screen time, I’m here with you allllll summer long. Especially because I have only talked to Sadie the Spider for the past six days. For the past five years, I’ve roadtripped to my homeland in central...

July Together Tips: Rejuvenate, Restore & Resources

Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Our regular newsletter takes summer vacation in July (though you can still find me on Instagram on some #semi-Together-Mom #bigblendedfamilyadventures with Dr. Together and Together Farmer), but we wanted to remind you of a few...