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January 2011

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• Being Mormon, motherhood

  Don’t be offended, nobody sees you clearly

  01.18.11 | Permalink | 24 Comments

  I met Nat the Fat Rat at CBC and she was darling (that word has lost all meaning in common usage, but check it: “a person or thing in great favor, a favorite.” or ” charming, cute, loveable” or “Nat the Fat Rat”). Now she’s got a gorgeous picture on the front of Salon and [...]

• Family

  Welcome, welcome Sunday bloody Sunday

  01.17.11 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  Hi, we’re the Johnsons, and we’re late for church. Chronically. Excessively. As in, I gave my tip for keeping kids reverent during the seventy-minute service: “Arrive half an hour late, then the kids only have forty minutes to get restless.” Also, the sacrament’s over by then so the wait-until-the-sacrament-is-over-to-start-coloring thing doesn’t apply. I decided we’ll [...]

• Jane, motherhood, the fourth trimester

  I think this qualifies

  01.06.11 | Permalink | 23 Comments

  My mom and I had an enthusiastic discussion about wigs on New Year’s Eve. She said she’s been in the wig shop several times, but every time she goes she sees cancer survivors and feels like a poseur. (She didn’t use the word poseur, she said something about feeling ungrateful or melodramatic or something.) If [...]

• breastfeeding, motherhood, scout, writing

  Before Letdown

  01.05.11 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  It’s still dark. It’s winter, of course it’s still dark, but even in the summer it’s dark at 5:44 am. A cry comes from the baby’s room and I’m up and stumbling bodily to the door before my brain has even recognized the sound, my torso moving with purpose, working my legs and even less [...]

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