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Unpacking the "Mormon Wives"
First, a disclaimer: I don't watch reality TV. At all. Not competition shows, not singing shows, not Real Housewives, not Big Brother. I...
Beach Bum
I was probably in my 40s when I learned that some people aren't "beach people." I had no idea that there are people who don't like the...
Sunflowers
When I gave birth to my son, his Aunt Ellen called the hospital to congratulate us. I barely knew Chip's family. I'd met his (elderly)...
This is 40
She'd figured out the key to a successful reunion experience at the last one: It didn't matter how thin she was, how good her hair, how...
Girlfriends
When I was 14, I had a best friend, who I'll call Lily. Lily had moved into the neighborhood partway into 9th grade, and I considered...
C'est le Printemps
People love to say that they need to live where there are four seasons. We assume they mean a differentiation in weather throughout the...
It Was Him (I was 11)
“Every single woman has a scary story about a man.” My first scary story happened when I was 11 years old. My mom dropped me off at the...
Among Us
The day Elijah was born, Chip’s sister, Ellen, called us at the hospital to congratulate us. She was so damn happy for her baby brother....
Can't You?
I had survived the hardest year of my life, that started with a breast cancer diagnosis and ended with a wrap on my 30-year marriage. I...
EMM-puh-thee (noun)
Imagine if an empath tried to stay married to a narcissist for 29 years. Sounds like the start of a hilarious joke. Here's the set-up....
