reflect on

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Both mother and daughter reflect on the troubles besetting their own family, as the mother tries to write a novel.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

In the second trimester’s relative calm, I decided I wanted a new project—one that would force me to slow down and reflect on how I’ve been parenting.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

What better place to reflect on that proposition than a spot just 12 blocks south of Hunt’s apogee: the façade of the Met.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

She turned to her tried and tested method of run 15km, eat, run 15km eat, run 12km to get through those two marathons, and allowed herself to reflect on the original challenge.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Now, when I reflect on my mother’s words, remembering the way they appeared as if by magic on the screen, one detail stands above the rest: that Mother described my father as bipolar.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover