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Being Raised by Lesbians
Fri Nov 15 2013
The story everyone wants to hear isn’t the story I want to tell. Everyone wants to know what it was like to be raised by lesbians, how we functioned, what made it different. I want to talk about other things, the things that formed me and shaped me and scarred me. Not my mother’s sexuality. View at brainchildmag »
Same, Same, Same, Same, Same, Different, Different, Different
Thu Oct 31 2013
My first ex-mother-in-law had six kids: three girls in a row, followed by three boys in a row. "They come as they come," she used to always say, meaning that their inherent personality was fixed and unchangeable from birth. Read more »
How My Father's Serial Divorce Affected Me
Mon Oct 28 2013
I never expected how my father’s serial divorce would affect me over time. View at goodmenproject »
I Want to be More Outrageous
Mon Oct 21 2013
Being a little crazy is better than being a little boring, even if it is not as safe. Read more »
What a Boy’s Love of Baseball Taught His Sports-Averse Mother
Mon Sep 30 2013
I’m glad he has passion about something, but baseball? Of all the interesting things in the world, must he pick the one thing I don’t like? As I inundated both boys with art and music and science, I believed that I could shape my kids to be more like me than their sports-enthusiast father. Apparently, I was wrong about that. View at goodmenproject »
I Used to Believe, Now I Know
Tue Sep 17 2013
I used to believe that my mother was complicit in everything that went wrong in my life. View at thefeministwire »
Are You Prettier Than Your Mother?
Thu Sep 12 2013
I looked over my shoulder as I was getting in the shower and saw my naked back. I paused for a moment to really look and see what aging is doing to me. The mirror reflected back a younger version of my mother’s bottom. View at brainchildmag »
Boys Are Useful In Unexpected Ways (and I have a water feature)
Fri Aug 16 2013
Sometimes kids are handy to have around. I don't mean because they fill your heart with joy or keep you young, or teach you patience. Sometimes they are down right useful. Read more »
The Tiger's Last Gleaming
Mon Mar 04 2013
Tiny Pants has fallen in love with America. He declares every day is "America Day" and sings the National Anthem with his small hand over his heart. Read more »
Defying the Manifesto
Wed Feb 06 2013
As a child I made mental notes of all the ways I thought my parents or teachers were screwing up and vowed never to do those things when I got to reign superior over children of my own. As an adult, I have gained an understanding about a lot of things my mother did or didn't do, and nothing has made me understand her more than having my own kids. Read more »
The Tooth Fairy Fell Asleep
Sat Jan 19 2013
Yesterday Big Pants lost his 3rd tooth. I didn't see it happen (I was in the bathroom) but it involved couch wrestling and a blanket and his brother and then the tooth was out. Read more »
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