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I Adopted a Sick Shelter Dog. When He Got Better, His Previous Owners Wanted Him Back

Three and a half weeks ago, we added a new member to our family. We rescued a beautiful male labradoodle. I’m going to call him Bear in…

Sep 28, 2021

I Adopted a Sick Shelter Dog. When He Got Better, His Previous Owners Wanted Him Back

Sep 28, 2021

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Growing Grief

My Grandma Died of COVID & She’s More Than A Number

I lost my grandma to COVID this November. November 29th to be exact. The first morning after losing someone you love to COVID moves in slow

Dec 1, 2020

My Grandma Died of COVID & She’s More Than A Number

Dec 1, 2020

An Open Letter to the Aspen Colorado Community on Keeping Mask Mandates in School

Dear Aspen, Colorado Community,

Jan 26, 2022

An Open Letter to the Aspen Colorado Community on Keeping Mask Mandates in School

Jan 26, 2022

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Reflections on Losing My Grandma to COVID: One Year Later

The sun is shining bright today but the air is crisp and biting. A year ago it was grey, wind howling. Today, I don’t feel even the…

Nov 29, 2021

Reflections on Losing My Grandma to COVID: One Year Later

Nov 29, 2021

A Strategy to Deal With Tucker Carlson’s Masks Are Child Abuse Claims

I do not watch Fox News. I make a strict habit of that practice, actually. But every so often, my eyes and ears are assaulted without my…

Apr 28, 2021

A Strategy to Deal With Tucker Carlson’s Masks Are Child Abuse Claims

Apr 28, 2021

How Cannabis Helped My Eating Disorder

Humans naturally have an endocannabinoid system (ECS). Even if you don’t use cannabis products, this system is there in your brain,

Mar 15, 2021

How Cannabis Helped My Eating Disorder

Mar 15, 2021

Parenting Through the Pandemic Back to School Season

The parenting books didn’t touch upon what we’re supposed to do with our kids during a pandemic. None of us are prepared to make the…

Aug 20, 2020

Parenting Through the Pandemic Back to School Season

Aug 20, 2020

I Will Never Regret Taking COVID-19 Seriously

I want you to try an exercise. Close your eyes and conjure a time when you took your child to the pediatrician for what you thought will…

Jul 16, 2020

I Will Never Regret Taking COVID-19 Seriously

Jul 16, 2020

No More Friendship Circles, COVID For A 5 Year Old

…my brain glossed over the unimportant task I was handling when I was hit with a proverbial 2x4.

May 17, 2020

No More Friendship Circles, COVID For A 5 Year Old

May 17, 2020

What the History?!: The FIRST Female Presidential Candidate

2016 seems like a lifetime ago. Shit, February seems like it was a decade ago. But in 2016, Hillary Clinton almost shattered the highest…

May 12, 2020

What the History?!: The FIRST Female Presidential Candidate

May 12, 2020

COVID-19 Family Isolation HOT TIPS: E-Learning

I ventured out into the wild today. I walked to the grocery store to grab a few fresh food essentials. We were starting to run low on…

Mar 16, 2020

COVID-19 Family Isolation HOT TIPS: E-Learning

Mar 16, 2020

COVID-19 Family Isolation HOT TIPS: Forts & FaceTime

All Illinois schools are closed. Every.single.school. And my children’s school is closed through mid-April. We’re looking at over a month…

Mar 14, 2020

COVID-19 Family Isolation HOT TIPS: Forts & FaceTime

Mar 14, 2020

COVID-19 Family Isolation HOT TIPS: Build ALL The LEGOS!

For parents right now, shit is scary. There’s a lot of really scary info being thrown at us nonstop and we’re making game day decisions…

Mar 13, 2020

COVID-19 Family Isolation HOT TIPS: Build ALL The LEGOS!

Mar 13, 2020

Why We Should Travel With Our Kids

As we did that weird little luggage dragging shuffle down an always too-narrow aisle exiting the plane, a kind older lady said to me “the…

Feb 15, 2020

Why We Should Travel With Our Kids

Feb 15, 2020

Trump is a Vindicated Despot

As a little girl I was naturally inclined to study history. I devoured book after book about World War Two and The Holocaust. Even then…

Feb 8, 2020

Trump is a Vindicated Despot

Feb 8, 2020

I Deleted Facebook and Why, Maybe, You Should Too

Social Media has created this new brain space where we fear being alone with the thoughts in our own head. That the internal narrator of…

Feb 4, 2020

I Deleted Facebook and Why, Maybe, You Should Too

Feb 4, 2020

What The History?!: Knocker Uppers

The other day my husband opened up a package and showed me this weird white cylinder looking thing. Picture a smaller Apple speaker, but…

Jan 30, 2020

What The History?!: Knocker Uppers

Jan 30, 2020

Play Cards with Your Kids, Dammit!

“Dammit!” My five-year-old son yelled, slamming his fist on the table. Someone had played a green card when he was geared up to put down a…

Jan 27, 2020

Play Cards with Your Kids, Dammit!

Jan 27, 2020

I Talk To My Sons About My Periods: The Bloody Kind, Not the Grammar Kind

I’m super over the whole patriarchy shaming women for bleeding every month. Like, super over it. Most of my menstruating life, I was…

Jan 14, 2020

I Talk To My Sons About My Periods: The Bloody Kind, Not the Grammar Kind

Jan 14, 2020

Kale Avocado Diet

I find myself inundated with discussions of body image, weight, diets, plastic surgery, salads, and obsession.

Jan 13, 2020

Kale Avocado Diet

Jan 13, 2020

nicole vandeboom

nicole vandeboom

Parenting w/humor & f-bombs. Historian finally using my $$ private-school degree. I come up with my best writing ideas naked in the shower. nicolevandeboom.com

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