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Meg Cox

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Born in Cleveland. Lifelong book lover, and class librarian in 6th grade.
Writing professionally since 1975 graduation from Northwestern, with a degree in English.
Staff writer for the Wall Street Journal for 17 years in Chicago and New York, covering beats from financial futures and agriculture to the business of the arts and publishing.
Freelancing since 1994: writing 5 books and hundreds of magazine articles, mostly about family traditions and modern quilting.
Lecture all over the country -- love to talk about my passions!!! Love to teach beginners how to quilt.
Love to read, see beautiful things, make things with my own hands, walk and eat good food.

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I remember exactly when I decided to take online dating seriously. My husband Dick had been dead for three years and I was turning 65. During a brief bathroom ceremony on my birthday, I removed my wedding ring and placed a temporary tattoo over my heart that read Choose Love Now.

Five years later, when I turned 70 last month, I decided to break up with Match.com forever, the online dati

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	The Book of New Family Traditions: How to Create Great Rituals for Holidays and Every Day 3.65 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quilter's Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide by Meg Cox (Goodreads Author), Elara Tanguy (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart of a Family: Searching America for New Traditions That Fulfill Us 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quilting the New Classics: 20 Inspired Quilt Projects: Traditional to Modern Designs by Michele Muska, Meg Cox (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Janneken Smucker (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.71 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mini Book of New Family Traditions really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Square of Sunlight really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Got Traditions? A Family Rituals Workshop Manual: A companion guide to The Book of New Family Traditions it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Care Bears: Together is Better! (Care Bears (Running Press)) by Meg Cox (17-Mar-2012) Hardcover 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Rituals and celebrations help kids feel connected and valued. This is where the rubber meets the road in terms of “quality time.” If parents make an effort to create traditions, and then routinely, reliably practice those traditions, they are sending a message very loudly that their kids aren’t just a bothersome distraction from plowing through the to-do list but are the central focus of life.”
― Meg Cox, The Book of New Family Traditions (Revised and Updated): How to Create Great Rituals for Holidays and Every Day

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