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My post-9/11, with my 5-lbs. newborn boy
APRIL 18, 2012 7:01AM
Topics: washington square, chelsea, missing persons, ground zero, nyc, roosevelt hospital, twin towers, single moms, childbirth, relationships, writers & writing, life stories, real families, 9/11
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A story about my son--born on 9/10/01
FEBRUARY 29, 2012 6:32AM
Topics: nyc, roosevelt hospital, preeclampsia, nurses, doctors, twin towers, single moms, childbirth, addiction, alcoholism, relationships, writers & writing, life stories, real families, 9/11
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- 1467 Views
- 17 Comments
The joys of a sick day: A single/working mother’s refuge
JANUARY 11, 2012 5:51AM
Topics: nyc, real families, life stories, teaching, bronx, education reform, race to the top, single mothers, kids, education
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- 2932 Views
- 9 Comments
How I learned to stop worrying and love my crazy NY neighbor
DECEMBER 7, 2011 5:09AM
Topics: nypd, crack/meth, community, nyc, neighbors, real families, life stories, stalkers
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- 2015 Views
- 8 Comments
Update on affordable housing in Manhattan: there is none
NOVEMBER 23, 2011 5:23AM
Topics: affordable housing nyc, gentrification, rent, nycha, nychpd, real families, life stories
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- 6525 Views
- 38 Comments
After 20 Years, I Want to See My Abusive Dad for His Money
JUNE 15, 2011 6:08AM
Topics: real families, child abuse, education, family, father’s day, fatherhood, my father as a person, my tiny hypocrisy, open call, personal essay, life stories
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- 673 Views
- 9 Comments
Roots and Wings and the Story
MAY 9, 2011 5:00PM
Topics: mother's day, real families
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- 3405 Views
- 43 Comments
Healing In Bed With Grey's Anatomy
APRIL 15, 2011 12:25PM
Topics: true story, real families, television keeps me sane and i don't care who knows it, loss, cancer, katherine zeta jones has problems but nothing compared to ours, melanoma, karen, saved by pop culture
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- 1588 Views
- 11 Comments
Sextants and Cell Phones
APRIL 6, 2011 8:20AM
Topics: real families, cell phones, teens, children, technology, parenting, communication, family
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- 1582 Views
- 29 Comments
Memoir Of A Misfit - Part VII
FEBRUARY 24, 2011 1:56PM
Topics: homeownership, houses, life issues, family, children, fitting in, nonconformity, misfit, mothers, suburban stereotypes, homemaker, wife, suburbia, personal stories, memoirs, life stories, real families, life
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- 1369 Views
- 8 Comments
Riding in Cars with Cops
FEBRUARY 18, 2011 9:26AM
Topics: police, real families
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- 2439 Views
- 19 Comments
Learning to tell the truth
FEBRUARY 1, 2011 5:59PM
Topics: real families, family, true story, lying
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- 2197 Views
- 22 Comments
Baby Steps Down the Path to Citizenship (Part I of ??!)
JANUARY 26, 2011 10:38AM
Topics: real families, family, international living, crba, u.s. department of state, citizen born abroad, living abroad, dual citizenship, u.s. citizenship, anchor baby, mexico, immigration
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- 1885 Views
- 43 Comments
Our Friends Who Watch Fox News
JANUARY 10, 2011 9:08AM
Topics: politics, compassion, values, stay at home dads, parenting, fox news, real families, open call
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- 970 Views
- 25 Comments
Jazz, Elliot Smith and My Grandpa
NOVEMBER 8, 2010 12:41AM
Topics: suicide, heroin, jazz, elliot smith, real families
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- 4818 Views
- 37 Comments
Common Scents
NOVEMBER 7, 2010 10:27PM
Topics: real families, true story
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- 4835 Views
- 65 Comments
How Many Feminists Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?
OCTOBER 26, 2010 10:14AM
Topics: true story, real families, gender, gender roles
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- 2127 Views
- 73 Comments
A scary broke Halloween: new costume or hot lunch money?
OCTOBER 27, 2010 4:50PM
Topics: brokeness, real families, economy, halloween
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- 4253 Views
- 78 Comments
When Kids Take the Backseat
OCTOBER 15, 2010 12:31AM
Topics: real families, true story, children, gender roles, motherhood, parenting, pregnancy
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- 1726 Views
- 58 Comments
The One Child Solution
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 9:49PM
Topics: someone asked me to write about this, being grateful for what you have, making the best of things, only children, life, real families, infertility, miscarriages
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