Tag: What Have I Done
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How Roller Derby Prepares You For Motherhood (The Crossover)
Dear Pregnant Derby Girl: Much like roller derby, you probably approached motherhood as something you’d seen before, mostly on TV or the movies, and you felt like you’d be pretty good at it. It does look like fun. But then you went and did it and just like during your first week of roller derby,…
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What That New Mom Sitting Across From You At Lunch Was Probably Thinking
Oh, this is nice. I’m outside. I’M OUTSIDE. I’M OUTSIDE! WOO! Yes, I’m outside, with my friend, like a real lady and I am going to have some lunch. A lunch date! Oh, I’m on a lunch date with my friend like I’m a real, live, normal person. This is fantastic. She’s been talking. My…
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Reasons You Would Have Found Me Crying Lately
1. I’m watching the Beyonce documentary. 2. It’s 3:30 in the morning and I’m on my third shirt because I’ll never not be covered in someone else’s body fluids ever again. 3. Decaf is bullshit. 4. It’s pretty outside and I am inside. 5. There’s this documentary about happiness but at one point there’s a…
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Why Moms Are Here
People like to say, “I bet your mom is so excited to be a grandmother. What did she do when she found out you were having a baby?” “Oh. She immediately put her house on the market.” And they laugh. They laugh and laugh. “That would be so funny,” they chuckle. I don’t say anything.…
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I Am a Watched Pot
“WHERE IS BABY?” This is the text I get, several times a day now, from all over the country. Sometimes it pops up on a Facebook window. Sometimes it’s just a subject line of an empty email. “WHERE IS BABY?” As if I’ve hidden the child somewhere, confused Christmas for Easter and hidden this ripened…
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every day is a miracle of science and wonder
First of all, I’d like to thank you guys for the incredible outpouring of love and support over Cal. I know it’s not a contest, but the flowers/cards/messages/emails/letters for Cal over Taylor were like, 3:1. Wherever he is in kitty heaven, I hope he’s both happy and smug. Since I already voted and I’ve got…
