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The enduring nightmare of being a COVID ‘long-hauler’ nearly 2 years — and 27 doctors — in
One question continues to haunt me every day: Will I ever get better?
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Learning how to manage 'cyberchondria' — the constant urge to Google your health
Cyberchondria took a firm hold on my life. But there are ways to work through it.
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'There are no stepdads in our family — only a dad that has stepped up'
When I least expected it, he came along. And before I knew it, the officiant was pronouncing us not “husband and wife,” but “a family.”
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My mother lost custody of me. How becoming a sex worker helped me understand why.
In a society where even rapists have parental rights, the fact that women lose custody for stepping outside social norms of sexual behavior is hugely problematic. And it’s a lesson I did not fully learn until I became a parent.
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Why We Took Our Two-Month-Old Baby to a Plastic Surgeon
My husband and I decided we had to do something about our daughter's ears — this wasn’t just about looks, it could affect how other kids would treat her.
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In Defense of Spending $100 on a Doll for Your Daughter
When I once mentioned to a friend that my girls were going to a summer day camp based around American Girl dolls and asked if her daughters wanted to join, she laughed. “Wouldn’t that mean they would need American Girl dolls?” she chortled. I’m actually really glad my girls have American Girl dolls. More: 10 Dolls that celebrate kids for their wonderful differences The story behind the dolls begins about 20 years ago, when I was a little girl with big glasses just poring over my own American