gallagherkara
Stress, Women and How My Girlfriends Helped Me Through 2020
Two-thousand and twenty. The year of stress. The abrupt and unexpected shut down of life earlier this spring sent nearly the entire world...
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gallagherkara
Oct 21, 20205 min read
An Open Letter To My Children's Education Staff
Dear Administrators, School Board, Teachers, And All The Hardworking Staff Involved In My Children's Education, I wish I could sit down...
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gallagherkara
Oct 3, 20193 min read
Four Tips to Writing That First Draft
The blank page can be an intimidating and scary prospect for a lot of writers. Whether you’re trying to write that masterpiece novel that...
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gallagherkara
Jan 14, 20192 min read
Do Writers Need to Read?
Yes. Go pick up a book. The end. Alright. In all seriousness, if you want to get better at writing, or even just write at all, reading is...
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gallagherkara
Jan 5, 20192 min read
2018 Word of the Year
It may not be a surprise that this writer is also an incredible word nerd and every year, I anxiously wait to see what the Oxford Word of...
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gallagherkara
Apr 15, 20184 min read
Individual Time For My Individual Kids
Do you know what one of my biggest fears was when I was pregnant with triplets? Group think. I was worried that these three little...
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gallagherkara
Apr 6, 20183 min read
Creativity is Calling, You Should Answer
Create. This idea of creating and the act of creativity feels so essential to me. It's actually been on my mind a lot lately. And when I...
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gallagherkara
Mar 27, 20184 min read
A Post About My Hair
“But I just want to dye it brown and make it straight!” I used to say this to my mom, through tears, after school. More than once I would...
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gallagherkara
Mar 6, 20185 min read
Fly On The Wall (You're the Fly)
Alright. I know you’ve thought it. At some point in learning that I have three children the same age and a child with extra needs, you’ve...
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gallagherkara
Mar 6, 20185 min read
Lessons From a Typical Mom
As promised, this is my follow up post for all those well meaning adults out there who want to teach their children (and learn...
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gallagherkara
Feb 21, 20184 min read
Be Kind
Last Saturday, Spencer and I had the afternoon to ourselves. Saturdays and donuts are the most glorious match made in heaven, so bing,...
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gallagherkara
Feb 15, 20183 min read
Date Night i.e. Why We're Still Married
You know, MY plan in building a family involved a slow and steady approach. One kid at first, maybe another one a few years later. If...
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gallagherkara
Feb 3, 20183 min read
Sweating For My Sanity
Remember in Annie, when the amazing Carol Burnett was simply terrible to all the little girls in the orphanage? I turn into a slight...
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gallagherkara
Jan 18, 20183 min read
Awards Season: Gimme a Prize
Awards Season is upon us. The Grammys. The Golden Globes. The Oscars. Everyone is having their shindig to pat one another on the back for...
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gallagherkara
Jan 18, 20182 min read
Winter, Blah? Or Awwww.
I have a policy about weather. I am only allowed to complain about one season per year. I can’t curse the snow AND get mad when I’m a...
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gallagherkara
Jan 11, 20182 min read
Take Up Space
I’m a sucker for a new year. It’s a big ole blank canvas of possibilities. Call me cliche, but I’m all about the reflection of the old...
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gallagherkara
Dec 30, 20173 min read
2017 Highlights
JANUARY My triplets turned 7 on the 7th, thus having their first and only GOLDEN BIRTHDAY. I planned for months ahead of time to make it...
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gallagherkara
Dec 17, 20173 min read
How Do I Do It? Hmmm...
When the topic of my family dynamic comes up, (triplets and a younger brother with special needs) I love when people say to me, “I don’t kno
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gallagherkara
Dec 1, 20173 min read
YO! RELAX!
Your cookies will look terrible, but humming Jingle Bells with your 7 year old while you were decorating them is something...
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