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The Good Mother
06.08.09 | Permalink | 50 Comments

In adolescence it is enough to be “bad,” but in motherhood it is necessary, apparently, to make “bad the new good” and to tell it like it is which is your way and shine the light on the truth that only Bad Mothers are interesting, real, or someone you could stomach having lunch with. I [...]
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Summer Internship
06.05.09 | Permalink | 21 Comments

I had an email from my cousin David last week. “The vegan one?” Dick asked. Yep the vegan one, also the cousin who introduced me to U2′s The Joshua Tree on a camping trip in 1989, back when we took cassette players on camping trips in the desert. I don’t see David often anymore, in [...]

@jenniebakesalot My babies get pretty used to it, pretty fast. Had a friend whose baby's heartbeat in utero was super fast, had to abstain. 2 hours ago
@jet_set Sadly, not the way I drink soda ;). I went almost my whole 1st prego wo, but w subsequent that's how I celebrated 2nd trimester. 3 hours ago
@jet_set And it works bec that first week or so coincides with pain medication that takes care of withdrawal headaches. 3 hours ago
@jet_set Interesting. I've drunk Mtn Dew while nursing each time, but I always go off it the first few months so I can sleep at odd times. 3 hours ago
@SeagullFountain @luckyredhen @suedonym Dude *love* to read in the tub. I'm sounding really pathetic here. I mean, more than usual. 12 hours ago

The Good Mother