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April 13, 2026 ● jannelle sanchez

Moms, What Do You Always Keep in Your Bag?

Today I'd love to ask a nosy question: if you're a parent (or spend a lot of time with kids), what random but necessary objects do you always carry? Here, 10 moms share the items they forever have on hand...

12 women share the random things they carry at all times.

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Design

April 10, 2026 ● Joanna Goddard

Have a Lovely Weekend.

What are you up to this weekend? Anton and I have been visiting our family in England, and are coming home tomorrow. (Can't wait to squeeze Toby and my mom, who have been together in Brooklyn!) Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web...

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Motherhood

April 10, 2026 ● Katia Wish

My Heart After Divorce

Several years after my divorce, I was ready to find a new love. That required a few steps...

Several years after my divorce, I was ready to find a new love...

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Everything You Do Is Good.

This week, I felt a surge of generalized anxiety, as one does…

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Motherhood

Moms, What Do You Always Keep in Your Bag?

Today I'd love to ask a nosy question: if you're a parent (or spend a lot of time with kids), what random but necessary objects do you always carry? Here, 10 moms share the items they forever have on hand...

12 women share the random things they carry at all times.

93 COMMENTS

Design

Have a Lovely Weekend.

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Several years after my divorce, I was ready to find a new love. That required a few steps...

Several years after my divorce, I was ready to find a new love...

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