La vie en Mom

On a missed milestone, a missed person, and the voicemails I saved

Oct 6 • Karen Doak

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September 2026

Rain checks

In praise of the no-fault cancellation

Sep 29 • Karen Doak

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Passenger authority

There’s no org chart for a road trip, but everyone knows their rank

Sep 22 • Karen Doak

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Clipboard energy

On playing cruise director with my anxiety as the only passenger

Sep 15 • Karen Doak

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“We are such a normal family!”

On family culture, mandatory singing, and a deeply concerning offer to bring rolls

Sep 8 • Karen Doak

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Two periods and a comma

On being an exclamation-point girl stuck with a lowercase guy

Sep 1 • Karen Doak

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August 2026

My most annoying coworker

Self-employment has revealed some troubling personnel issues

Aug 25 • Karen Doak

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Out the window

The school year needs a better ending

Aug 18 • Karen Doak

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Trash hands and no croissant

I told my father I would write this and he said “go ahead”

Aug 11 • Karen Doak

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Boot Barn

The August ritual of getting a kid out the door — and the first year nobody needed me to manage it

Aug 4 • Karen Doak

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July 2026

Summer 2026 Bright Spots

My birthday gift to you: a scattered accounting of my summer

Jul 28 • Karen Doak

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Walt Whitman never said that

I'm not judging, I'm just asking. (I'm judging.)

Jul 21 • Karen Doak

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