Each year, in my quaint efforts to send out paper holiday cards with personal messages, I probably discard one for every three I actually manage to put in the mail. The reason is that my handwriting is now less legible than it was when I was in the second grade. Meghan Daum carddiscardeffort share on social
This whole notion that it's somehow easy and simpler to live in the country is such a fallacy. Meghan Daum countryeasyfallacy Change image and share on social
To be honored by success is to take your life seriously. To humble-talk about it is to take yourself seriously. Meghan Daum honorehumblelife Change image and share on social
For me, writing essays is very much about processing ideas and offering them up to the reader so that they are fully cooked. Meghan Daum cookessayfully Change image and share on social
My goal is to invite readers to think along with me and draw their own conclusions. Meghan Daum conclusiondrawgoal Change image and share on social
Much of the magic of language, of course, lies in its fluidity. Meghan Daum fluiditylanguagelie Change image and share on social
Before digital and mobile communications effectively tethered us to an invisible, infinite 'wire,' even those with the most hectic schedules were usually willing to answer the phone if they happened to be home when it rang. Meghan Daum answercommunicationdigital share on social
It is important for children to grow up in a world where there are all kinds of adults and role models around them, for them to know it's not just parents and people who are parents that care about them, but that there are people who are living other kinds of lives. Meghan Daum adultcarechild share on social
I was enamored of New York City intellectual life and was really into Philip Roth because I was raised by self-loathing Midwesterners who were from southern Illinois, who felt like fish out of water when they came to the East Coast when I was a kid. Meghan Daum citycoasteast share on social
Becoming a parent is always going to be a default setting. I truly believe there will always be more people who want to have children than who don't. Meghan Daum childdefaultparent Change image and share on social
