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How to be a chill mother of the bride (or at least fake it)
I wasn’t the best mother of the bride ever, but I thought I did a pretty good job at being a relatively chill one. A former roomie once told me that I always seem to do things ahead of everyone else, so maybe you can learn a little something from my experience. Weddings will always…
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When we were bagets: 40 things from 40 years ago
I woke up one morning with my feed getting quickly populated by profile badges reminding me that, oh wow, it’s been 40 years since high school! Forty years! I can hardly believe it. Where did time go? Because I’m feeling a bit nostalgic, here are 40 things from 40 years ago when we were in…
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Catching up on falling apart
One of the things that I now have the leisure of doing: Catching up on television shows that I’ve missed. I remember being so captivated by Grey’s Anatomy with McDreamy and McSteamy, Izzie cutting Denny’s LVAD, Karev giving O’Malley syphilis, and Christina Ricci doing a cameo as a paramedic. I think I went as far…
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Embracing my lines, wrinkles, and everything else
I was told that I may need to start using Botox. My eye bags had started making their existence known, most especially when I didn’t have enough shut-eye, and it was suggested that Botox could maybe improve their appearance. I grew up in the supermodel era. Linda Evangelista wouldn’t wake up for less than $10,000…
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Why selective amnesia is my superpower
It was my fourth pregnancy. My water had broken and I was at the hospital, experiencing the first pangs of labor. I was in pain. My back hurt. My belly hurt. Everything hurt. In a moment of unexpected clarity, I shouted: “What was I thinking? What was I thinking?!” I had suddenly remembered the bloody,…
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