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14 May

Ode To A Mother, Who May Or May Not Be Me

This. This poem makes my heart burst, of course. And throb and ache and all those terrible, wonderful things that hearts do when they are confronted by raw love. It's worth noting that I don't ride...

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6 May

This One Goes Out To The Mom I Love (Yes, Mom. That’s You.)

by Catherine

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Dear Mom, Thank you. You’re rolling your eyes at me as I say that, I know. Oh, honey, you’re saying. We’ve had this conversation a thousand times since I became a mother myself, and it has...

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25 Mar

Why Feminist Housewives Are Not Bullshit

by Catherine

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My mother was a stay at home mom for most of my childhood, and an enthusiastic one at that. She cooked and baked and sewed and invented games and activities and stories and basically...

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11 Mar

Cinderella Wore Crocs

by Catherine

Causes, Home Page, Like A Girl

The thing that I've always loved most about the story of Cinderella is the shoes. The prince is fine, of course, as is the magical pumpkin-carriage and the fairy godmother and the castle and the...

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29 Jan

Down This Long Distance Line

by Catherine

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I've been away from kids for over a week now, and I miss them. I miss them something fierce. I miss their little hands and their little arms and their sweet little faces and...

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11 Jan

Seven Things I Learned On My Winter Vacation

by Catherine

Adventures, Home Page

Oh, hey. Remember me? I used to post to this blog. I haven't posted since last year, which sounds terrible when you say it out loud, but of course it's only been eleven days since...

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20 Dec

Ode To Joy

by Catherine

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This. This is a reminder that no matter what else might be happening in the world, this is a season for joy, and that the expression of that joy is a beautiful, beautiful thing. Joy...

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17 Dec

Why I’m Not Talking To My Kids About Sandy Hook

by Catherine

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I did not tell my children about Sandy Hook. I did not tell my children about Sandy Hook because, look: I don't want to talk about Sandy Hook with my children. I don't want to...

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11 Dec

(Not Quite) The Best Mom Ever

by Catherine

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I returned home the other day, after nearly a week away, to this: It was a 'Welcome Home' party, organized by Emilia, the place of honor dedicated to me and adorned with messages of love,...

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29 Nov

Somewhere Out There

by Catherine

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This is the place that I am at. I can't talk about what I am doing here, because it's for a story in a magazine that is not the online kind of magazine that...

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