Rejoicing While Weary

jen murphy parker
11 min readDec 19, 2023

How, Exactly

Inflatables are people too.

The coldest I’ve ever been while skiing, I wasn’t skiing. I was crying.

It was a New Year’s Eve day, and we were in Tahoe for the holidays with our four young kids.

How lucky! And enchanted! Did I mention that at the time we had two little boys and two little girls?? Symmetry! Everyone knows that’s one of the most pleasing things life can offer. We all love it…

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jen murphy parker

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