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Mean Girls: The Evolution

Sunday, January 24th, 2010
by Aimee Garn on Living Around

For one year, a few decades ago, I was a very mean girl. I stopped speaking to my best friend, Sandy; I turned away when

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An Empty Nest or A Full Tree

Sunday, November 15th, 2009
by Aimee Garn on Living Around

This August my younger daughter Emma went to college, joining her sister Louisa, who is currently in her junior year. Both girls had spent the

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Goodbye, School Days! (Hello? Did Anyone Hear Us?)

Sunday, November 1st, 2009
by Aimee Garn on Living Around

Last year, when my younger daughter graduated from high school, our family wrapped up fifteen years as participants at three different schools. We left with

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A.D.D. and Adolescence: A Mother’s Learning Curve

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
by Aimee Garn on Living Around

It took me four decades to understand the issues that came up during my adolescence, which officially took place in the 1960s in New York.

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