parenting
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I Must Keep Trying
Dear Mom, Over the weekend, I opened yet another email with yet another form rejection. One more ‘it’s not you it’s me’ from an agent I researched to the point of truly believing we’d be the perfect fit. I once… Continue reading
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Girl Stuff
Dear Mom, I’m over it. Really. I’m not still upset with you. I’ve moved on from the embarrassment and shame that came with the way you introduced me to my changing body. I’m not still grossed out by the diagrams… Continue reading
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I Don’t Have to Worry
Dear Mom, I woke up Monday morning with zero ideas in my head of topics to write about this week. I was totally blank. Also totally exhausted and cursing myself for once again staying up too late the night before… Continue reading
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Tackling My To-Do List During the Holiday Season
Dear Mom, It’s Christmas morning. Hanukkah begins tonight. This last week has been top shelf overwhelming. I’ve been running around buying a million presents for my kids. Followed by regretting buying a million presents for my kids. Followed by deciding… Continue reading
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My Aha Moment
Dear Mom, I’ve been staring at a blank page for hours. The cursor mocking me with its excessive blinking. I know what I want to write about this week. I know what I want to ask you. I know what… Continue reading
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Who’s Watching Us?
Dear Mom, At what age did you feel that you reached adulthood? Like really. Not the dictionary definition of adulthood, which actually says twenty years old is considered the beginning. There is no way I was an adult at twenty. … Continue reading
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When I Die
Dear Mom, When I die, I want the party you never got. I want music and dancing and a true celebration. You requested a party. You never got it. I want it. I also know, it’s not that simple. I’ve… Continue reading
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What If I Had Asked for Help?
Dear Mom, For years, and I mean for all my life leading up to probably last week after my new therapist helped me open my eyes, I believed I had gotten away with it. I had pulled one over on… Continue reading
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Today is Going to Be Challenging
Dear Mom, I keep sitting down to write to you this week and I keep failing. I keep starting topics that go nowhere, and I keep giving up. At first, I thought maybe I simply ran out of things to… Continue reading
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A Little Magic
Dear Mom, Over the weekend we watched a movie about imaginary friends, and it sparked some truly magical conversations at dinner. We asked each other, what if we had imaginary friends? I could really visualize Scotland’s friend. Long curly hair… Continue reading
Sober Letters to Mom 