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the fourth trimester

• motherhood, pregnancy, the fourth trimester

  The baby mean reds

  02.23.11 | Permalink | 12 Comments

  My sister is terrified of having another baby. She has three kids, her new husband has three kids. Their youngest is four now. Being a stepmom is hard; being a wife is easy. None of that’s the problem, anyway, the problem is newborns. That’s not the problem. Newborns are delicious. Even better, they grow into [...]

• 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 [...]