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Julie Cali
Dos Personas: a look at the grandmothers who raised me
When I was twenty years old, long brown hair, still doe-eyed and untouched by the world, I went to New York for the summer to take care...
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Julie Cali
- Oct 11
- 4 min
What I Learned The Day My Apple Watch Died
As I lifted my arm to brush my abnormally long hair, my Apple Watch slipped off my wrist. When it hit the tile, the thud echoed against...
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Julie Cali
- Sep 19
- 6 min
Dad Guilt—Why Isn’t it a Thing?
Mom guilt—we all know what that is. The feeling that you are failing at being a caretaker, that you are not living up to parental...
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Julie Cali
- Aug 15
- 3 min
Are you there God? It's me, Julie Cali
God, I’m sure you heard me praying to you last month when my cycle was late. At the age of 43, my thoughts didn’t turn to pregnancy. That...
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Julie Cali
- Jun 28
- 7 min
Girl’s Night Out When You Aren’t a “Girl” Anymore
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far far away, there lived a girl who worked as an attorney in Manhattan. She lived in a beautiful...
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Julie Cali
- Jun 5
- 3 min
What It's Like to Share a Birthday with Your Husband and Your Son
Smack in the middle of the year and halfway to Christmas, June 26th is a momentous day. It’s also my birthday. And my husband’s birthday....
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Julie Cali
- May 9
- 5 min
Being A Plus-Size Mom But Thinking You are Chrissy Teigen
While sunning ourselves by the pool, my darling daughter proud that the Easter bunny finally got her a tankini, asked me if I preferred...
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Julie Cali
- Feb 8
- 4 min
Yes, Gisele Bündchen, You Matter Too
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen divorcing over him working too much highlight how the angsts of motherhood, the push and pull between being...
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Julie Cali
- Jan 10
- 7 min
My Take on the Overt Art of Not Giving a F*ck
My New Year’s Eve Resolution was to give way less f*cks (if any at all) about unimportant things, while also somehow pushing myself to...
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Julie Cali
- Dec 20, 2022
- 5 min
Four Years After My Father’s Death
I began writing to cope with the loss of my beloved father, to help process the emotions of such a sudden and traumatic life changing...
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Julie Cali
- Oct 12, 2022
- 7 min
John Doe v. the Feminists: Do NYC women only want to be "wined and dined" and not have kids?
My friend John says an under-discussed issue with NYC dating is women want to be “wined and dined” but don’t want to have kids. My view...
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Julie Cali
- Sep 28, 2022
- 4 min
Motherhood: The Best Days of My Life, Truth or Fiction?
While I was at my son’s soccer practice, my gaze fixed on his tiny body maneuvering down the field, a friend called to tell me she was...
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Julie Cali
- Sep 8, 2022
- 7 min
How do I tell my son his pancreas is dying and that type 1 diabetes is coming for him too?
When type 1 diabetes (T1D) came for my then four-year-old son, we didn’t know any better. It caught us off guard—he had lost a pound, he...
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Julie Cali
- Aug 30, 2022
- 3 min
How Did We Make It Twenty Years?
I have been with my husband, Kevin, more days of my life than I have been without him. We met my first day of college, when I was bright...
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Julie Cali
- Aug 2, 2022
- 7 min
Rewriting Our Love Story: How My Husband and I Elevated Our Marriage with a Writing Competition
“What’s for dinner?” my kids asked in unison, ten minutes after I fed them lunch. I ignored them, unsure of the answer, and continued...
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Julie Cali
- Jul 27, 2022
- 4 min
You Can Love Your Children and Love Yourself
“OMG,” my sister says after I tell her my eleven-year-old son walked in on me in my undergarments. I pull the phone from my ear, as she...
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Julie Cali
- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
A Letter to My Son Logan: You Will Never Be Too Old For Me to Hold Your Hand
From start to finish, it took three days and three solid hours to push you out of my body. With a fever setting in, sweat dripping from...
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Julie Cali
- May 3, 2022
- 5 min
A Letter to My High School AP English Teacher
To My Dearest Teacher and Friend Mr. Perez, I first met you twenty-five years ago, when I was a youthful eager seventeen-year-old. I...
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Julie Cali
- Oct 7, 2021
- 9 min
My Mommy Manifesto: I Jiggle When I Wiggle, and other Truths
By Julie Calidonio Am I the only one who scrolls social media and feels inadequate and paunchy? I can’t even follow Sally Cheesecake...
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Julie Cali
- Jun 18, 2021
- 5 min
Father’s Day Once Your Father Dies
Two and a half years ago, my father died unexpectedly five days before Christmas. He was in El Salvador training for a bike race, riding...
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