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A Series of Facts Unrelated to Weight Gain
My annual medical exam was something of a disappointment because, you see, I have no fibroid tumors or other fantastic growths on which to blame my 10-pound weight gain. I made my doctor do an extra pelvic pass just to be sure, and then I double and triple checked. “No tumors?” “No. No tumors.” “How…
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Things That Happen In My Womb
My womb is a special place. I know that’s true because three of my kids are forever asking if they can go there. “Mom,” says my 5-year-old, “can I sweep in yo womb?” “Cael,” I reply, “do you think you can manage to get a broom in my womb? ‘Cause I know I grew twins…
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13.1
Susan, Beth & Jen photo courtesty of Susan Heid at The Confident Mom Well, shoot. That half marathon wasn’t going to run itself. Remember the half marathon I was going to do? And then the same one that I wasn’t gonna do? Now it’s the one that I just DID! That’s right. If you’ve been…
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On Trying, Failing, and the Importance of Showing Up
I can think no better way to usher in my 38th birthday than by running a half-marathon. Woohoo! The wind in my hair. Legs hitting the pavement in a steady thump-thump. Butt rising and ker-plopping with each stride. Coincidentally, I turn 38 this Thursday, October 13th and I’m registered to run a half-marathon on Sunday the…