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Jun.19.2012
Two years ago I had the privilege of participating in my nephew’s birth. When I arrived, I waited behind the curtain until her contraction peaked and then went in to say hello. “You’re a liar and I hate you”, she said weakly.
While it was best that she didn’t witness my...
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May.06.2012
I am the woman you might've called mother, mom, mama, mommy. I carry you inside me, the unmade memories of our life together, little traditions--decorating the Christmas tree together, baking cookies, teaching you to read and write, holding your hand. Your skin woven from the DNA of my...
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Apr.27.2012
We’ve got to find a way to break the evil spell that’s been cast over these Farmville zombies. The creatures have long since broken past previous boundaries of conversational boredom, crashing into tedious territories that were previously unknown to...
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Apr.24.2012
He makes bastards. No one is quite willing to use the term, for not only does he portray himself as a Samaritan, but also a sort of sexual evangelist. Instead of the Word, he doles out semen.
You’ve probably read the reports about Dutchman Ed Houben, who has fathered 82 babies with different women...
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Apr.17.2012
Since the 1960s, scores of mothers in America have shared in the experience of reading P. D. Eastman's classic tale Are you My Mother? to their children. A silly and heartwarming story unfolds as a confused little bird mistakes it's mother for a cow, a car and a shovel, but the deeper meaning is...
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Mar.14.2012
My childhood improved the moment my father left. I had to grow up, of course, to know it.
Now, Mary Pols has written a book celebrating the joys and freedoms of single-motherhood and I salute her. Accidentally on Purpose is a memoir honoring her own experience and the experience of...
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Feb.14.2012
We stood in the middle of a deserted parking lot, a few miles past the Yosemite National Park entrance. My friend handed my son the lantern, which cast a soothing glow into the coal black darkness. She was itching for a short hike to the falls, but my four-year-old knew he’d have none of it. We’d...
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Jan.30.2012
First and foremost, I just want to say that pregnancy is a beautiful thing. Growing a life inside of me is more fulfilling than anything else I have ever done outside of being a wife to my husband. That being said, pregnancy is also one of the strangest, happiest, emotionally intense, over-the-top...
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Jan.15.2012
I've shifted the time I swim laps at the pool from lunchtime (around noon) to 8:00 am. While others might shudder at the thought of jumping into a lukewarm pool at 7:45 or 8:00 on these wintry dark mornings, I like it. I hate feeling groggy, and a brisk swim workout first thing certainly...
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Jan.09.2012
About these photos, they were taken on September 11, 2001 on Lake Champlain in Vermont. Chuck, Elijah and I were on vacation when we heard the news.
Reeling, I took Elijah to the backyard where we played until sunset. Elijah, throwing stones off the dock and watching them splash and...
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