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Publisher's Column - December 19, 2020
No matter what holidays you celebrate, I just want to wish everyone Happy Holidays from my Macaroni Kid f…
Publisher's Column: Parenting is Hard--Especially in a Pandemic!
My daughter is in preschool. She has a late birthday, so this is her second year of preschool. When the p…
Publisher's Column - August 22, 2020
This week has been crazy! I almost can't believe we finally made it to the weekend.My daughter got to…
Publisher's Column - August 7, 2020
I feel like ever since COVID-19 hit I've been scrambling to pull myself together. First it was, what a…
Publisher's Column - June 6, 2020
BLACK LIVES MATTER!I truly believe this. The horrific death of George Floyd has brought this to the foref…
Publisher's Column - March 19, 2020
Everything is crazy! But you already knew that. Everyone is struggling to change gears and adjust to thei…
Publisher's Column - February 14, 2020 & Heart Shaped Pizza
I was trying to finish up this week's newsletter last night and I almost fell asleep at my computer. M…
Publisher's Column - January 3, 2020
Happy New Year and Happy New Decade!First of all, I hope that you are all healthy. I say this because it…
Publisher's Column - November 29, 2019
Life is complicated. We always seem to have plans that don't end up turning out how we planned.I have…
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Publisher's Column - September 19, 2019
I'm literally writing this while sitting in the airport. Macaroni Kid publishers from all over the co…
Publisher's Column - September 12, 2019
It feels like Christmas over here. There was shopping from lists, changing schedules and, of course, exha…
Publisher's Column - June 22, 2019
Do you ever feel like life is just overwhelming? That's been me quite a bit lately. I want to feel lik…
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Macaroni Kid Skokie, Niles, Park Ridge & Far NW Chicago is growing (which is awesome!), but it's…
Publisher's Column - May 2, 2019
As parents, we tend to focus on our kids and what we need to do to take care of them. I can't count ho…
Publisher's Column - March 22, 2019
I just wanted to let you all know, I'm going on vacation!! That is why you're getting a double ed…
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