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My hairdresser made me do it. Not really, but it all began when I had my hair lightened quite a bit more than usual. We

A howl rang out through the store. But, that sound wasn’t from a wolf, it emerged from my young son. He was face down on

The produce section of the grocery store used to give me nightmares. I rushed through it like an octopus. I grabbed vegetables while swatting Tommy’s

It’s my fault that my younger son always gets sleepy in the car. I trained him to do that because I drove them around until

I cursed myself for buying Kay insulated snow pants that worked too well. It was getting late. She sat down on the cold sidewalk like

Who knew the best school was right in their grandparents’ driveway? The World’s Largest Garage Sale is in my hometown and has been going on

Garry never told me anything about school. Tommy told me a little bit. Kay would start her stories before her foot hit the pavement as

You didn’t need a degree in psychology to see how much Garry loved his plastic duck swing that hung in the doorway. He entertained himself

I dreamed I had a practice baby. When I woke up, still pregnant, I was terrified. A day after Garry was born, I stepped outside

Who knew the best school was right in their grandparents’

My mother-in-law said the child on the bottom during a

For me, one of the hard parts of being a

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