Category: Family
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A Time Of Transition
I’m in the process of transitioning my identity. I know, I know, that sounds really extreme. But I can’t think how else to describe it.
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Excerpts From A Pregnancy Nature Documentary: Part I
*The following post is to be read in your best British nature documentary narrator voice.*
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The Lorica of Saint Mommy of Sick Children
Yeah. So, we’ve had a stomach virus here for about the past week, and today it culminated in one of the most craptastic days in my three year career so far as a mother. Bad things have been happening. Bad, bad things.
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To The Lady Who Left Me Her Tea Cups
I don’t know you, and you don’t know me, but I have your tea cups. I know that you loved collecting things, and that your china dishes and teapots were something you treasured. When you passed away,
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Motherhood: A Corn Pop Parable
Frequently, as parents, we learn from our children. You’d think it would be the other way around, and it often is, but as Mommies and Daddies we do a lot of learning, relearning, and self-discovery with and through our kids. Today, my 2-year-old gave my 8-month-old a bag of Corn Pops cereal, and she promptly…
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Sense & Simplicity: Channeling Jane. Blogging Motherhood.
As she sat at the table sipping her coffee, Jennifer overheard the small voice of her young daughter saying encouragingly, “Eat, Baby! Eat! Mmmm! Eat!” Feeling a slight pang of suspicion at the pleas, she turned around to see her tousle-headed two year old, seated Indian-style on the living room floor, feeding her pudgy infant…
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This is Why I Don’t Diet
There are so many fad diets going around right now. Note that I say “going around,” as if diets are a strain of the flu. That’s because I believe that diets are a sort of communicable insanity. Here’s how they’re transmitted: A friend tells you about the evils of gluten or dairy or soy and…
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In A Great Victory for Womankind, Sports Illustrated Now Hypersexuallizes Plus Size Women Too
In a great victory for womankind or feminism or whatever, Sports Illustrated is featuring – for the first time ever – a plus size model. Her name is Ashley Graham, and yes, she’s absolutely gorgeous. No argument there. Most people seem super proud that a woman whose shoulder blades don’t protrude out of her back…
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The Evolution of a Diva: Musician + Author < Mommy
As a creative person I wear so many hats. There are just so many things I’m interested in! It used to be that I loved nothing more than composing songs, performing concerts, and writing stories. Now, don’t get me wrong, I still LOVE those things, but motherhood has changed me. In addition to music and…
Jenn Greenberg 