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6 days ago | 
worthmentioning.substack.com | Christy Moyer
If you are a mom, or are celebrating a mom in your life, I just want to wish you a happy Mother’s Day. If you’ve lost your mom, or have a complicated relationship with your mom, or are wishing to become a mom, I hope you find some space to feel whatever it is you need to feel, and to be kind to yourself this weekend. Holidays can feel so fraught, especially as we get older—more time for new wounds to imprint themselves on once-treasured days.
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1 week ago | 
worthmentioning.substack.com | Christy Moyer
Chase turned six today. Six! When I told him that this year was his golden birthday—six on May 6th—he was instantly enchanted. A golden birthday! He told everyone in the months leading up to today that he was about to be six, and that it would be his golden birthday. I imagined sparklers being lit inside his brain, confetti raining from the sky. The sun would shine just for him: it would rise in the color of honey, and set in shades of pyrite and amber.
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4 weeks ago | 
worthmentioning.substack.com | Christy Moyer
Back on my outdoor drinkware game—these Crate & Barrel acrylic coupes are it. Also in the homewares category, I just discovered that Heath Ceramics (based nearby in Sausalito) has a vintage and resale site called Pass the Plate full of ceramics from past seasons. You can even submit an item request if you’re pining after something you wished you bought, and still think of.
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1 month ago | 
worthmentioning.substack.com | Christy Moyer
After I got Chase off to school today and was back home with Emma, I checked my email on my phone, charging near the kitchen table. I opened a message from Chase’s elementary school with the subject line “Vandalization in Garden.” I figured an angsty teenager had tagged a flower bed with something illegible or innocuous. Instead, I saw this:My eyes began to well. I was so confused; I looked closer to read the words written on the flags.
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1 month ago | 
worthmentioning.substack.com | Christy Moyer
My sisters and I always joke about how our mom is a “good enough” mom—when we were growing up, she didn’t often plan picture-perfect birthday parties or do elaborate crafts with us; she mostly dressed us in whatever clothes fit and we ate baked potatoes with cheese and sour cream at least once a week.
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1 month ago | 
worthmentioning.substack.com | Christy Moyer
My friend Lauren is an executive editor at Simon & Schuster, and she sometimes sends me books from her imprint that she thinks I would like. This always makes me feel like I’m exceptionally cool (I’m not) for knowing my exceptionally cool friend (who, besides having this enviable publishing clout is also whip smart, thoughtful, tender and tough at once, and an exceptional friendship-keeper).
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1 month ago | 
worthmentioning.substack.com | Christy Moyer |Heather Havrilesky
Last week I went through some old notes on my phone. I found few random email addresses from new acquaintances, a measurement for a piece of furniture, some grocery lists and recipes. One note annotated Chase’s fever over the course of several days, a voyeuristic glimpse into the anxious mind of a new mother. Many notes were labeled “Thoughts”—stream-of-conscious missives that contained scattered ideas, quotes, poems.
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2 months ago | 
worthmentioning.substack.com | Christy Moyer |Platonic Love
I can’t remember exactly how I came to find Alex Steele and her beautiful newsletter, —just that I can’t remember a time when her words weren’t something I looked forward to reading each week. I save her issues for moments when I have time to curl up with them, her links a feast for the senses, a treasure hunt for the soul. Alex is a mother of four based in Manhattan Beach, California. She’s also an artist, a film photographer, a writer.
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2 months ago | 
worthmentioning.substack.com | Christy Moyer
If you’re a mom and/or love children’s books, Kate Hoefler likely needs no introduction. Her books include several I’ve mentioned here before, like Courage Hats, The Rabbit and the Motorcycle and Nothing in Common; her latest book, The Couch in the Yard, comes out this month. Kate’s warmth and empathy comes through on every page of her books; her words have taught me as much about love and kindness as they have my kids.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
worthmentioning.substack.com | Christy Moyer |Alison Roman |Maggie Smith |Erin Boyle
We’re three weeks into summer over here and I am tired. Open-ended days with little kids are decidedly a lot. We’ve done playdates, the beach, a trip into San Francisco, the Children’s Museum, endless parks, neighborhood walks, lots of water play and we’re only on day 17. HOW. Thankfully, they’ve got camp next week and my oldest starts kindergarten at his year-round school shortly after that.
