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Mindy Carlson

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  • 4 Tips to Help Survive Sending Your Child to College

    4 Tips to Help Survive Sending Your Child to College

    We dropped Child The First off to begin his second year of college on Thursday. I, of course, was immediately brought back to last year, crying as we drove away from dorm. That first year, I was a swirling storm of emotions. Simultaneously thrilled he was starting a new phase of his life and mourning…

    Mindy Carlson

    August 23, 2025
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    #amwriting, adulting, children, college, family, first year of college, growing up, Her Dying Day, life, mental-health, parenting, The Berkeley Chronicals, The Swiss Family Carlson, writing
  • Walking Down the Path

    Walking Down the Path

    As I mentioned last month, we’re all living that fairy tale life. As authors, we’re writing about life, but in encapsulated vignettes that feature our struggles and dark times before we grow and find resolution. We’re basically writing fairy tales. We’re writing about our time in one section of forest before we come back out…

    Mindy Carlson

    August 18, 2025
    Comedy, Food, Kids, The Swiss Family Carlson, Writing
    #amwriting, Basel, books, emotions, empathy, feelings, healing, Her Dying Day, life, mental-health, parenting, psychology, The Berkeley Chronicals, writing
  • A Fairy Tale Life

    A Fairy Tale Life

    “Why can’t my life be a fairy tale?” It’s the refrain of every heroine in every romance novel and movie. Or—why limit ourselves?—it’s in every novel on the shelf and movie streaming through the interwebs. What they mean is, “I want to skip to the Happily Ever After.” They want to wake up/have their life…

    Mindy Carlson

    July 1, 2025
    Comedy, The Swiss Family Carlson, Tween Chronicals, Writing
    #amwriting, book-review, books, fairy tale life, fairy tales, fantasy, fiction, happily ever after, HEA, Her Dying Day, little red riding hood, parenting, The Swiss Family Carlson, writing
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