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- I'm sure there are people who survive tragedy without humor, but I've never met any of them. Nor would I be particularly interested in writing…
- I am consumed, or I have been consumed, with these issues of motherhood and the way we act out societal expectations and roles. So both…
- I mean, I do actually think there is a qualitative difference between aborting in the early part of the first trimester and in, you know,…
- I think I wish I had never spanked my children, but I have. And they remember every instance like they tattooed it on their palms.…
- I have two daughters and I have done everything in my power to prevent them from assimilating, even being aware of, my idiocy about my…
- Is Valentine's Day a day to make cupcakes with your children? No, Valentine's is supposed to be a day about romantic love.
- The first inkling my husband had that I was thinking about suicide was when he checked my blog.
- I always tell my kids that as soon as you have a secret, something about you that you are ashamed to have others find out,…
- I tend to approach giving interviews with the same sense of circumspection and restraint as I approach my writing. That is to say, virtually none.…
- I wish I could view the belly that oozes over the top of my pants as a badge of maternal honor. I do try. I…
- If only shame were a reliable engine for behavior modification. All it does is make me feel bad, which inspires me to bust open a…
- The thing about youthful offenders is that no one seems to care about them. Most people don't like adolescents - even the good ones can…
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