The Curious Case of the Missing Popcorn: An Allegory
During my first few weeks of college, my dormitory had a raffle to win 13 gallons of popcorn from a nearby gas station. I was amused to...
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Meg Myers Morgan
- 8 min
Beating Down the Door: Working While Quarantining with Kids
We had been doing well. Daily walks outside, eating healthy, even spending time each evening saying what we were grateful for. We had...
Meg Myers Morgan
- 4 min
The Strange Relief that Comes With Grief
Last month my father-in-law passed away. He was 84 years old. In some respects, we should have seen it coming. He had been diagnosed with...
Meg Myers Morgan
- 4 min
Curiosity or Judgment: Flipping the Switch Changes Our Ability to Think, Lead and Understand
The mind can only gather, compute, and produce thoughts in one of two ways--through curiosity or through judgment. The mind can't process...
Meg Myers Morgan
- 8 min
The Ultimate Disney Cruise FAQ
Given our recent family vacation aboard a Disney cruise for four nights--our first and only experience with the ocean liner--I am now, as...
Meg Myers Morgan
- 5 min
A Place for Everything
I recently took the morning off to tidy up the house. Taking a full morning seemed unnecessary, because I'm constantly tidying up the...
Meg Myers Morgan
- 7 min
The Last Laugh
My husband Jim and I recently celebrated our tenth anniversary. It feels like such a milestone to me--more than year one, or kid two. No...
Meg Myers Morgan
- 6 min
What Creativity Communicates
Six months ago my husband declared that he would be changing his morning routine. Instead of awaking at 6:15 am and getting ready for...
Meg Myers Morgan
- 4 min
Sleight of Hand: How Women Do it All
There was a television show in the early 2000s called Magic's Biggest Secrets Revealed. I was so pumped for this show to debut because I...
Meg Myers Morgan
- 6 min
Religious Practice
Our house backs up to a catholic elementary school. We are not catholic, and our children do not attend the school, but we collectively...
Meg Myers Morgan
- 4 min
Quantity Time
When I was a new mother, and a full-time grad student, I constantly heard this phrase: When it comes to time with your children, quality...
Meg Myers Morgan
- 5 min
Keeping Up Appearances
When I was younger--but old enough for people to comment on my appearance directly to me and not to my mother--I was often asked if I had...
Meg Myers Morgan
- 7 min
Tied Up in a Bow
Currently, and at all times, I carry around a scrap of paper that has jotted on it everything I need to do before my family shows up...
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