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My daughter Janie ran up to me today, curls bouncing and eyes sparkling, and exclaimed enthusiastically, "Mama, I love you the most of anyone!" Then she thought for a moment and (clearly not wanting to leave her other loved ones out of the picture) tempered that with, [...]
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This week I plan to tell one of my best and oldest friends about my husband's addiction after nearly six years of silence around it. I've wanted to let her in to this part of my life, because keeping her out -- keeping anyone I feel [...]
My dear friend Kelly
is the sister of my heart,
my chosen family.
We go out shopping,
try a gaudy sweater dress
just to laugh at it.
Bright, flashy, sparkly,
we expect pure tackiness
but she looks stunning.
The joke is on us:
That strange, laughable dress proves
everything's her style.
Sisterhood Award
inspired Kelly haikus.
Thank you so much, Mim.
And while I'm at it
thanks to you, Mrs. B. [...]
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When Austen was a baby, a friend of my husband's gave him a stuffed camel, which she brought for him all the way from Israel. However, Austen never showed much interest in toys without wheels or numbers. The sole exception was a stuffed rabbit [...]
My daughter recently received a Disney princess book as a gift from my friend Kelly, and it is her absolute favorite book in the world right now. Now I know that as a feminist, I should be offended at the Disney princesses. And as an ultra-liberal with a deep discomfort with and distrust [...]
Well, now that, in my codependent craziness, I've made all of you feel good and guilty for not commenting (BTW, Danielle, Moonmaid, by instantly reassuring me that you still love me, you've passed my codie test) and now that I have assuaged my own codie guilt for not commenting on your blogs, I'm ready to [...]
