Lisa Endlich's Blog, page 33

Here’s the Most Important Thing I Would Want My Obit to Say

Obituaries are a funny thing. Like, here is a life: someone learned to ride a bike and drank coffee from a favorite chipped mug and argued about curfews and made perfect grilled cheese sandwiches. Here is a person who was terrible at parallel parking and baked homemade sourdough bread and wished they had learned to…

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The 6 Best Twin XL Comforters of 2024

If your teen is about to head off to college, there’s probably a lot of shopping and packing in your future. From mini fridges to shower caddies to laundry baskets, bedding is likely next on your list. And, to help you find the best twin XL comforters, we put together this guide so you can…

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My Daughter Doesn’t Need to Explain Her Romantic Choices to Me

Last summer, my adult daughter decided to put up a profile on a few dating sites. We were sitting in the car after shopping one day when she told me about it and she started showing me her matches. To my surprise, she’d matched with both women and men. My daughter hasn’t dated a lot,…

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Top Twelve Dorm Shopping Mistakes (2024)

With high school graduation almost behind us, we are focused on the day we will drop off our youngest at their freshmen dorms. Though we prefer to ignore the inevitable, it’s time to prepare them for the tiny new living spaces that will be their home away from home. We were rookie moms five years…

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How to Decorate Your Entire Dorm Room at Target (2024)

Target has always been a one-stop shop for all things college, and here is where you can start: the Target College Shop has everything your teen will need. Below are some of the most-popular Target dorm essentials purchased by Grown and Flown parents. Before you jump into dorm shopping, your teen should look for anything…

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These Colleges are Charging $90,000 Plus Next Year: Is It Worth It?

Between 1980 and 2020, the average price of tuition, fees, and room and board for an undergraduate degree increased by 169%, according to a report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. This far outpaces the average inflation rate of most goods and services during that same time period.  This year Yale,…

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I Cried Last Night for All the Ways My Life Veers Off Course

I cried last night. I was preparing a picture collage for my aunt’s 90th birthday, and while this is a cause for celebration, I cried while creating this masterpiece for what it represented beyond simply a milestone birthday. The pictures did not include images of me but represented the adult life of my aunt as…

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Love the School That Loves You Back: Embracing College Acceptances

For high school seniors, the college admissions journey can be a rollercoaster of emotions. There are highs and lows and the road can feel neverending. As your teen eagerly awaits decision news there is the hope for a slate of acceptance letters and to receive positive news from each application, especially those that are deemed…

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The 5 Best Dorm Room Rugs of 2024

Decorating a dorm room can be challenging. You have limited space, roommates to contend with, and (of course) a budget to stick to. Once you have the essentials, it’s time for the big stuff — something to tie the whole room together. Rugs are a big part of the ambiance of your student’s dorm room,…

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My Daughter’s Two Questions: Big, Small, Both Agonizing

Yellow. That’s a good color for a prom dress. And it must be long. Long enough to reach the ankles of a tall girl but definitely no train. Fashion forward but not overly revealing. Fancy but not sparkly. Cap sleeves or off the shoulder but definitely no cold shoulder. Asymmetric is ok, but not in…

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