Tag: daughters
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Real Women Have… Shapes. All Kinds of Shapes.
**This was originally written on July 10th, 2014** I was probably doomed from the start. My parents were both slender. My father was 6′ 3″ and almost too skinny to join the Navy. My mom was 5′ 6″ and not even 100 pounds. So once the baby fat wore off, I was a bit of…
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May I Throat-Punch You Now?*
I have four kids. I’m saying that now to get it out of the way, because it will come up throughout this post. I have four kids, ages 6 (almost 7), 5, 3, and 3 months. Of course, when you have children, that means that anyone and everyone can come up to you and deliver…
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And Then It Snowed
It’s funny. A few days ago, I referred to the coming weekend snowstorm with a bit of a tongue-in-cheek attitude when I called it the “Storm of Doom.” And here we are, those few days later, with over 30″ of white stuff on the ground and the schools are closed and bridges are closed and……
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The List Doesn’t Matter
Tomorrow is another day. I really hate that quote. Of course tomorrow is another day. Just like water is wet and my Swedish heritage makes me recoil from the sun like a vampire. Tomorrow is another day, and no doubt I’ll be sitting up in bed a few hours before Tomorrow gets here, scribbling down…
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No Amount of Caffeine Will Save You
I am currently hunkered away in my bedroom, with the door locked and the laptop in front of me. This is “getting away” now that I have children. This morning, I woke up a half hour before everyone else simply so I could take an uninterrupted shower and have time to do something with my…
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Not Quite the Weekend
It’s Friday. In fact, it’s such a Friday that I have misspelled every attempt to type “Friday” thus far. Even that one. I feel like a monkey with boots on its hands, though my brain feels a bit less civilized. It was one of those weeks where you start to rethink your plans of having…