Everyone warned me I wouldn’t be able to breastfeed my daughter with such large breasts. They were wrong.… Continue Reading
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Step-parent Adoptions: The Forgotten Cog in the Adoption Wheel?
People who are aware of the need for sincere adoption reform would be appalled by parts of my personal adoption story. They would gasp at how my adoption meant I was cut off completely from my family of origin; how my adoptive father did not allow us to even acknowledge that we were not biologically connected… Continue Reading
Dear Teenagers: Let’s Talk Texting
When I was in 6th grade, I had the hugest crush on Craig T. If you’d seen the way he wore his Shaun Cassidy hair feathered perfectly and how he seemed to have every color of the striped OP shirts there was, you’d understand. So, when Craig T. asked for my yearbook, I was over… Continue Reading
Cancer and the New Normal
My mother has Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma, a cancer that is related to ovarian cancer in the same obscure way that practically everyone is related to some uncle of unknown origin who shows up for holiday dinners. After my mother was diagnosed, we repeatedly heard a similar chunk of wisdom from people with less hair than her: “You… Continue Reading
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