There was a time in my life when I’d be mistaken for Nicole Kidman. This was clearly when it was the mid-90s, I was near-anorexic, and dating Tom Cruise. Nicole hadn’t yet started on her Botox addiction and no one knew she was Australian. It’s kind of obvious once you see it. The bone structure, [...]
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I Feel Like a Woman
Part of Anna’s 2nd grade homework is to go to this website and choose whose biography she’d like to study. It’s so nice of the website authors to segregate the “Women Who Made a Difference” into a small section so I don’t have to think very hard in finding a woman for Anna to study. You [...]
In the part of the contract babies sign when they take us on as parents, I’d like to add in the caveat that we, as their parents, may pick, poke, and squeeze anything we find on their bodies. It’s nature. I’ve done the Baby Lawyers a favor and outlined some rights as parents and/or guardians [...]
I’ve never had a hero; someone to look up to, to model my life after, to blame for all of my short-comings. Sure I can say, “My mom is my hero,” like many people say. I already blame her for all of my short-comings. But s etting my sights so high that I think I [...]
I so love seeing that other people are having babies. The pictures, the excitement, the squishy newborn cuddles are all things I love to see and read about, but I never want to personally experience them again. Ever. Never. The dark side of birthing and baby rearing is what keeps me from having another baby. [...]
