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Confusing Parenthood (Or, That Time I Cleaned Out Under the Bed)

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Last Saturday, I pawed through a time capsule of sorts. Let’s call it “parenthood.”

The day before, my second son wheeled his carry-on through security, moving out of our home–to be fair, as we knew what happened when he was wrestled from my abdomen on an unseasonably warm January day 18 years ago. He finished high school in December. It’s time. read more

A Parenthood Christmas

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parenthood christmas bearing children

So–a lot of women I know are in that window of life where one’s body starts needing repair from growing, then expelling a human.

If you’re not there? Hey, super-fun stuff. read more

“Help! I want sex more than he does!” Strategies for the Higher-libido Wife

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So I wrote you recently how a podcast had opened my eyes to all those Hollywood writers (whose techniques, as a writer, I thought I was studying, but who suck me in just the same).

If there’s any possible time when my husband doesn’t respond to me like a guy in the movies, I’m pretty sure it’s me, and my subpar level of attractiveness. read more

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