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Category Archive — dysfunctional families

Sister Act

Family is complicated, sisters even more so. But there’s something magical about the bound between family members and especially the bond between sisters that makes me feel just a little bit wistful for sisters my own age (with a thousand apologies to my two actual sisters, who are great, but nonetheless 9+ years older than [...]

Honor Among Thieves

Stealing is generally accepted to be bad. Says so right on those tablets Moses supposedly brought down the mountain. Taking things that aren’t yours – not cool. And yet…sometimes something that you know you’re not supposed to do ends up being the very thing you have to do. And if it’s fun at the same [...]

Happy Birthday, LND!

Exactly one year ago today, I wrote my first blog post for the Librarian Next Door. What started off as a project for a social media graduate school class has now become an integral part of my life. Blogging, it turns out, is in my blood. In honor of my “blog-aversary,” I present a trip [...]