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Family Month at Daycare
It’s family month at Norah’s day care and we were asked for pictures as well. They make little collages and write the names of family members by them (“Me & Mommy,” that sort of thing). I was so...
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Martyrdom?
I was recently approached about submitting an essay on single motherhood to a magazine. I sent the editor a précis of my motherhood to date: began trying to conceive when I was 36, unexpectedly...
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Choosing My Donor
How does one choose the other half of their child’s genetics? On what do you base that kind of decision? In a typical nuclear family, the other half of a child is chosen by love. You fall in love and...
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The ‘We’ Of Single Motherhood
A few weeks before my 42nd birthday, sitting alone on my houseboat on a foggy morning in Sausalito, I watched a red cross appear on a home pregnancy test and was flooded with a rush of joy, relief,...
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The ‘We’ Of Single Motherhood
A few weeks before my 42nd birthday, sitting alone on my houseboat on a foggy morning in Sausalito, I watched a red cross appear on a home pregnancy test and was flooded with a rush of joy, relief,...
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Family Month at Daycare
It’s family month at Norah’s day care and we were asked for family pictures. They make little collages and write the names of family members by them (“Me & Mommy,” that sort of thing). I was so...
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