Diving Through Summer
Summer!!! It's been crazy, full of swim team, and... what? More swim team? This is not how I envisioned June and July, but since the kids...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- May 12
- 4 min
Summer Travel Planning
It can be the worst, right? And if you're like me, you probably didn't book the hotels a year plus out because um... COVID, four kids at...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Jan 1
- 2 min
Running in a New Year
We began this year with a run. A family 5k with the local running club. My parents seemed to always make me race on New Year's Day, and...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Jun 10, 2021
- 5 min
How to Pack Effectively (Without Losing Your Mind)
Packing. Just like glitter, cicadas, and "look what I found," it's a word that can carry a sense of dread. Especially if you're like me...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- May 25, 2021
- 3 min
Training for Active Travel with Kids
After being inactive for a long Winter and, if I’m being honest, most of the Spring, I began exercising again. Today, I completed Day 7...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- May 12, 2021
- 6 min
Summer is coming…be safe and get out!
After a year off from travel, newly vaccinated and better attuned to what's safe, we are ready to resume travel. This summer, we won't be...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
Right now I'm (kind of) Having It All
Last month, I launched my first book. It took 2+ years of writing in the evening and finding an editor and designer, but I finally...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Take the Chance
“Let me tell you something kid; Everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either because...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Jan 26, 2021
- 2 min
My Kirkus Review is here and it's glowing...well, not really, but I'm ecstatic all the same
My Kirkus Review came in last night. My Kirkus Review came in last night! I have been awaiting this for months and I am so excited to...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Jan 11, 2021
- 3 min
Checkmate! Passports and Pacifiers available for presale.
Sometimes, I think in a random pattern. It's like the Kevin Bacon game six degrees of separation. My dog will start pawing at my leg with...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
One Month Until Launch
2021 is here. (Finally.) My book launches next month! (Ahhhh!!!) I have been writing, re-writing, editing, and designing my first book...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Dec 23, 2020
- 4 min
You never know who you will influence. Make it for the better.
Christmas planning was done. We finished wrapping presents. Our inflatable Boston Terrier sits out front, frost covering his shrunken...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Dec 15, 2020
- 5 min
Even Moms Need a Little Coaching Sometimes
I’m a good mom. I keep my four kids healthy. I oversee virtual learning. I try not to yell. I start the peel of their oranges. I get them...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Dec 10, 2020
- 4 min
39 is the perfect age to endure a pandemic, a layoff, and a midlife crisis.
I have young kids and haven’t quite hit middle age, though, after birthing those four kids, my bladder may disagree Since I graduated...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Dec 2, 2020
- 4 min
One Big Christmas
One year, when I was around three or four years old, my family celebrated what became known in family lore as the Christmas of Gluttony....
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Nov 26, 2020
- 4 min
No Traveling for Thanksgiving this Year
With my hands deep in the stuffing, crying from the onions, and probably still sticky from a butter-like cookie topping, I thought, ‘This...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Nov 21, 2020
- 3 min
A Dream Takes Flight—Turning Challenges Into Opportunities
Today, I am taking a break from corporate America. I don’t know if it will be for three months or six months or forever, but I know that...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Nov 17, 2020
- 1 min
Passports and Pacifiers Trailer
Like a gumball machine, I popped them out in a row. Boom. Boom. Boom. Boom. All within five-and-a-half years. I'm excited to announce...
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Nov 11, 2020
- 1 min
Check out what came in the mail!
And yeah, still figuring out movies... I feel like a kid learning PowerPoint in the 90's. Maybe I can have a headline dissolve in?
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Kaitlyn Jain
- Nov 8, 2020
- 1 min
Artie and Boston BELS Publishing
I'm excited to share my publishing imprint, Boston BELS Publishing! In addition to my four kids, I've had Boston Terriers my whole life....
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