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The Fun and Games of College Tours

Last week, I took my younger daughter, a rising senior, on college tours.

Aug 12, 2024

The Fun and Games of College Tours

Aug 12, 2024

The High School Senior Slide

Um, Wheeeeeeeeee?

May 1

The High School Senior Slide

May 1

Blue Spaces

When Your Kid Becomes a Visitor

Mar 5

Blue Spaces

Mar 5

Goodnight, Sleep Study

In keeping with 2025's assault on comfort and wellbeing, my son had a scheduled-six-months-ago sleep study last week.

Feb 11

Goodnight, Sleep Study

Feb 11

We Exist Now

I am looking at instagram, lost in so many stories of loss, while my youngest is in the bath. He is soaking in bubbles, as is required by…

Jan 28

We Exist Now

Jan 28

Of Christmas Chapels, Miracles and Holiday Traffic

Every year, when my older kids were younger, their small Episcopal K-8 would host a Christmas chapel on the last morning of school before…

Dec 23, 2024

Dec 23, 2024

Essaying While at a Loss

We have been at a loss this fall. Actually we have been at many.

Nov 17, 2024

Essaying While at a Loss

Nov 17, 2024

Parents Weekend for the Never Empty Nesters

We just returned from our older son’s parents weekend — he’s a sophomore but this was our first parents weekend at his school since last…

Oct 14, 2024

Parents Weekend for the Never Empty Nesters

Oct 14, 2024

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Drop Offs and Little Things

And College, AGAIN

Sep 8, 2024

Drop Offs and Little Things

Sep 8, 2024

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Family Tourism

Traveling Through Place and Memory

Jul 8, 2024

Family Tourism

Jul 8, 2024

jen murphy parker

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Jen Murphy Parker is a San Francisco-based writer exploring what exists in the middle - of parenting, of health, of life.

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