Dear AARP, I am writing to you today on behalf of my uterus. Or maybe I’m writing on behalf of my ovaries, hell, how about you just accept this letter on behalf of the whole kit-n-caboodle. You see, I have been informed by my OB that due to the fact that I will be over …
A week ago today I got to do one of the rarest things that I ever get to do. I went to the bathroom alone, with the door closed, and nobody frantically called for me from outside the door. My daughter was still asleep and my husband had already left for work. Pee, peace, and …
Two weeks ago, I would have told you that I was jealous of my friend*. That her life was perfect and that she had it all together. That her marriage was happy, her child was perfect, and everything had gone and was continuing to go exactly how she had planned it. She was the mom …
On the 19th I will turn 35, making these my last few dying days in my early thirties. I thought I’d approach this day with sadness at the loss of my blush of youth, regret for the things that I didn’t do with my life (still haven’t written that Great American Novel, have I?), and …
Once, when I was about fifteen, I got very sick. I had been feeling poorly for a few days before I finally told my mother that I probably needed to go to the doctor. It was there that we received the diagnosis of a sinus infection coupled with bronchitis. I was given a prescription and …
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A funny thing happened in our house last week. My husband and I were enjoying a rare moment where we actually got to sit next to one another on the couch, when he let out a sneeze. Now, this man is a loud and obnoxious sneezer. We’re talking cartoon style ACHOOOOO’s, complete with a full …
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