The Unbirthday Present
Growing up, my grandmother had a sweet tradition: on each of our birthdays, she’d give the other child a small…
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Growing up, my grandmother had a sweet tradition: on each of our birthdays, she’d give the other child a small…
Continue ReadingWhen I would host parties in high school, Jeanine (my stepmom for the last 20 years) would leave a note…
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Continue ReadingFrom the time I was a little girl, it was always a given that I was going to be a…
Continue ReadingOne day God looked down from Heaven and saw a family split in two. He understood there were so many…
Continue ReadingLet me just get this out of the way: being the second wife and stepmom is hard and not a…
Continue ReadingI remember the first time my father mentioned her. It was autumn, less than a year after my mother had…
Continue ReadingAt eighteen, I had a lot going for me. I was just starting to figure out what self esteem consisted…
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