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Is the Immediate Playback of Events Changing Children’s Memories? [New York Times]

by JAC | Apr 25, 2019 | Publications

Excited to be on the New York Times site this am thinking about technology and its possible impact on our children’s memories: Here’s an excerpt. Head to the site for the full piece. Oliver Sacks wrote in his posthumous book of essays, “The River of...

In the uncharted territory of the tween years, I feel like I’ve lost my mom mojo [Washington Post]

by JAC | Oct 31, 2018 | Publications

I’ve been contemplating what it means to love my little girl in the tween phase versus in the early childhood stage and I wrote a piece about it. “Do you think you’re a good mother?” he asked. It was a year after my husband had suddenly died, and my daughter was...

Why I Told Anne Lamott My Husband Died [Modern Loss]

by JAC | Sep 8, 2018 | Linked Publication, Love and Loss, Publications

Modern Loss published a short piece of mine today. I wrote it last spring about an experience a whole year before. Like many of my pieces, it began really with a question that the writing process helped me to address. I was frustrated and wondering why I still had to...
How I Learned to be Grateful for What I’ve Lost and What Never Arrived [Elephant Journal]

How I Learned to be Grateful for What I’ve Lost and What Never Arrived [Elephant Journal]

by JAC | Nov 22, 2017 | Publications

“Let me, if I may, be ever welcomed to my room in winter by a glowing hearth, in summer by a vase of flowers; if I may not, let me think how nice they would be, and bury myself in my work. I do not think that the road to contentment lies in despising what we have not...
On Grit, Gratitude, & Grace [Elephant Journal]

On Grit, Gratitude, & Grace [Elephant Journal]

by JAC | Nov 25, 2015 | Publications

Today I’m featured in the Staff’s Picks section of Elephant Journal writing about gratitude in time for Thanksgiving.  Head here to read the piece.  Happy Thanksgiving!
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