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October 14, 2009 06:17 PM EDT --
So, congress wants to give health insurance to people who don't have it. That's great.
And Obama says, "Don't worry - if you like what you have, you'll get to keep it!" So people who already have insurance . . .
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September 09, 2009 12:39 PM EDT --
All this furor over a public health care plan option... insurance companies whining, "You're going to put us out of business!"
Boo-hoo.
Seriously, can you name a government-run program that has put . . .
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September 09, 2009 12:35 PM EDT --
Mars and Venus
I don't understand men.
I don't mean I don't love them, or deeply appreciate them and their differences from women - I do.
But sort of in the Venus/Mars . . .
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September 02, 2009 06:15 PM EDT --
In the jaws of a crocodile doing death rolls,
everything knotted low in my belly, like whorling snakes.
Using razor blades to feel something, envisioning my car sailing off a bridge, a cliff, into . . .
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September 02, 2009 12:01 PM EDT --
Wallpaper
I put William's picture up as wallpaper on my computer screen.
For a week, I resisted, thinking it was too morbid, strange. It would be too painful, I told myself. I wouldn't be able . . .
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September 02, 2009 11:58 AM EDT --
Home
M. went to the funeral home to get William's ashes yesterday.
We stood at the table in a circle around my son's ashes, and my husband said a little blessing. And then he said something . . .
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September 02, 2009 11:51 AM EDT --
Inanna Journey April 9, 2009
I should have known I wasn't ready for the world yet, but it was an experiment. We have a family gathering this weekend, and we were supposed to be bringing . . .
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August 31, 2009 02:16 PM EDT --
William's Birth Story - Part 3
Why had I been so afraid of him? Afraid to see him, touch him, even think of him, after I knew he was gone? Death scares us so much, that constant reminder. We're . . .
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August 31, 2009 02:11 PM EDT --
William's Birth Story - Part 2
"Can I have an epidural?" That's the first thing I said. Actually, the first thing I asked for was a c-section. Me, the woman who's had four natural births, . . .
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August 31, 2009 02:06 PM EDT --
William's Birth Story - Part One
William would have been a week old today if he'd been alive the day I pushed him into the world. My due date. We'd been anticipating this date for nine months. . . .
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August 31, 2009 02:02 PM EDT --
Inanna Journey: April 6, 2009
Some of the lessons I'm learning along this journey...
There is no end to suffering. Mine, yours, everyone's. There are no rules. Bad things don't happen . . .
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August 27, 2009 07:27 PM EDT --
Inanna Journey - April 4, 2009
My midwife brought us dinner last night and did a quick postpartum check.
"Are you getting any rest and are you bleeding a lot?"
"No...and no."
I'm recovering . . .
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August 27, 2009 07:21 PM EDT --
Inanna Journey - April 3, 2009
When my now seven year old daughter, Z., was just a year and a half, and my now six year old son, D., was about five months, I decided to give their Daddy, M., . . .
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August 27, 2009 01:26 PM EDT --
ANOTHER top ten. Really?
Jeffrey Anderson's " Top 10 Reasons to Oppose Obamacare " is now making the Right Rounds.
Come on... I said this before and I'll say it again: A top ten list? Really? Does . . .
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August 27, 2009 01:19 PM EDT --
That pithy Republican "Top Ten" vehicle has reared its ugly head once again recently as the " Top 10 Reasons Obamacare is Wrong for America ," compiled by the Heritage Foundation. Go ahead, Google "Top . . .
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August 27, 2009 10:22 AM EDT --
~Secret~
Nineteen years and one indiscretion later, she found herself splayed again, for probing hands— a dirty knife, a rusty speculum, a bloody sheet, a deadly fever— white roses meant . . .
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August 19, 2009 09:28 PM EDT --
Let's see how many 80's songs we can list - in alphabetical order, one song per response, please! :)
I'll start:
A: Affair of the Heart (Rick Springfield)
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August 19, 2009 08:13 PM EDT --
If you could have a one night stand with any one of five celebrities (assuming they were willing) which five would you choose?
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August 19, 2009 05:01 PM EDT --
Question: Which of the seven dwarves do you most relate to?
Bonus question: If you were the 8th dwarf, what would your name be?
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August 17, 2009 02:12 PM EDT --
From Slate, to " Dear Prudence " (like Dear Abby):
Dear Prudence, My sister-in-law recently suffered a miscarriage. Before the miscarriage, my husband and I were also planning to start a family. . . .
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