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Child, Motherhood
November 27, 2019
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Two Minutes in a Mom’s Brain on Diagnosis Day

White walls. Tile floor. Blue table. Chair. Breathe. My eyes look around the room again. White walls. Tile floor. Blue table. Chair. Breathe. No…

Baby
October 31, 2019
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Another Reason Not to Kiss the Babies: HSV1

I was 40 weeks pregnant and beyond ready to hold my son in my arms after nine months of waiting. It was my due date and I finally went into labor and…

Grown Children, Motherhood
October 8, 2019
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Even Though My Mom Can’t Remember Me, She Knows Me

When I tell someone my mom has Alzheimer’s, the first thing they usually ask is, “Does she know who you are?” There was a time when I could…

Friendship, Living
August 18, 2019
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Want to Live Longer? Channel the Power of Bromance

A few years ago, the universe conspired to test my husband’s and my immune system at the same time. We both got pneumonia. We both felt like death…

Living
August 10, 2019
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To the Extra 17 Pounds: Thank You

It was a single picture of me that did it. I looked at it on my screen and saw “me” all over it. My spirit. My joy. My contentment. My…

Living
July 31, 2019
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I Was 15 When I Began Starving Myself

We stopped for ice cream on the way home from your last day of kindergarten. As chocolate ice cream dripped from your cone and melted onto your hands…