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Posted on May 22, 9:50 AM
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A few years ago, I lost my biggest client and was suddenly broke with no end in sight. I found some work, but never enough to pay all the bills.
Posted on Sep 20, 12:15 AM
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Driving into Strasburg on a recent sunny morning, I looked at the mountains and out of nowhere there it was. The leaves had started turning. Fall.
Posted on Sep 13, 12:15 AM
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Having your own kids opens your eyes to an entire world you never noticed before. After years and years of not seeing where the highchairs are in restaurants, or if there is a changing table in the restroom, these things suddenly have an important place in your life.
Posted on Aug 30, 12:15 AM
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A few weeks into my freshman year of college I encountered my first fall-down, don't-even-know-your-own-name, had-to-be-dragged-to-the-toilet drunk.
Posted on Aug 23, 12:15 AM
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I finally owned my baby dead to rights when he was about 8 months old. Not only did the birth go nothing like I planned, the bill wasn't exactly what I planned for either.
Posted on Aug 16, 12:15 AM
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Back in the pre-baby days, any time my husband and I dealt with a pet catastrophe, I'd say by rote, "How will we ever take care of a baby?" and my husband would answer, "Babies aren't animals!"
Posted on Aug 9, 12:15 AM
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Carrying a baby is just about the toughest, meanest thing a woman can do. The body you've lived in your entire life is suddenly completely foreign to you for month after month, each week bringing forth a new and uncomfortable condition -- nausea, swelling, back pain, acne, heartburn and many, many more.
Posted on Aug 2, 12:15 AM
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Polka-dot hair dryers, hot pink plastic storage bins, dry-erase boards, extra-long twin sheets and compact refrigerators: This year the back-to-school ads started popping up by mid-July.
Posted on Jul 26, 12:11 PM
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"What do you do?" a lady asked last spring while I was pregnant. "I work at a newspaper," I said. "No, no. I said WHEN are you DUE?" she replied. And just like that, I was relegated to a date on a calendar. When people find out you're pregnant, usually only two things matter: The due date and whether you're having a boy or a girl. All the rest of your life's history, where you went to school, where you're from, what music you like, what you do for a living, takes the backseat. It's a good thing pregnancy lasts nine months, because you need at least that long to adjust to what it will mean to become a parent: To most of the world, I would no longer be the woman who works at a newspaper. I'd just be someone's mom. I confess, in the early days of my pregnancy it was something that bothered me. However, my son is almost 9 months old now, which means I've been a parent for equally as long as I spent "in training." As the months have gone by, parenthood gets more full of surprises. He's crawled to me. He's stood up...
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