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Julie Cali
When You Share a Birthday with Your Husband and Your Son
Check out my latest boosted essay on Medium about Kevin, Luke and I sharing our birthday. Thanks for reading and clapping....
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Julie Cali
Jan 91 min read
Fluffy and Proud: Breaking Free From Societal Norms of Body Image: Why you shouldn’t let your body size define you.
Sharing my latest boosted Medium article about being fluffy and proud! A good message to remember for the start of the New Year. Thanks...
Julie Cali
Jan 41 min read
Apathy as a Shield or a Sword: How Many F@cks Should A Middle Aged Woman Give?
Sharing the friend link to my latest Medium essay titled. Please give it some claps or a comment if you can. It helps promote it on...
Julie Cali
Dec 20, 20231 min read
When Your Father’s Killed Five Days Before Christmas: Coping with Prolonged Grief After Losing A Parent
It’s been five years since my father’s death. I began writing to cope with my sadness. Loss can’t be comprehended until you live it. The...
Julie Cali
Dec 13, 20231 min read
Practicing the Lost Art of Life-long Monogamy: A Middle-Aged Woman’s Perspective
My latest boosted article on Medium offers my view on practicing the ancient art of life-long monogamy! Kevin was my first and only...
Julie Cali
Dec 3, 20231 min read
From Caretaker to Creator-Rediscovering My Identity Beyond Motherhood
I had my first article submitted to a publication on Medium get boosted! I discuss how although I gave my children my thirties, I won't...
Julie Cali
Oct 24, 202311 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Oct 11, 20234 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Sep 19, 20236 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Aug 15, 20233 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Jun 28, 20237 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Feb 8, 20234 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Jan 10, 20237 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Dec 20, 20225 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Oct 12, 20227 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Sep 28, 20224 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Sep 8, 20227 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Aug 30, 20223 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Aug 2, 20227 min read
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...
Julie Cali
Jul 27, 20224 min read
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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