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Happy Mother's Day To All the Moms I Know...
We are sitting at lunch when my daughter says, casually, "Do you think I should have a baby?" "It will change your life," I say, keeping my tone neutral. "I know," she says, "no more sleeping in on weekends, no more spontaneous vacations."
But that's not what I meant at all. I want her to know that becoming a mother will leave her with an emotional wound so raw that she will forever be... read more What to Expect When You're Not Expecting My husband did manage to pull off the road before I burst into tears. "What is it? What's wrong?" he asked.
We had spent the last two hours at Babies 'R' Us, scanners in hand, registering for items for our son, Aidan, whom we expected to adopt in the early fall.
"I want you to enjoy it! Why don't you enjoy it?" I wailed back. This, of course, was my release after my husband had shown so little interest in... read more A Mother Like Any Other
My youngest daughter is having a baby. "I'm really going to need you now, Mom," she said, when she first shared the news. "So you can tell me what to expect."
But I don't know what to expect. I've never had a baby.
I never experienced that first missed cycle, though I prayed for it every month, secretly flipping through pregnancy magazines, picking out maternity outfits I would never wear. It was our own hearts we heard beating every... read more
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