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Your child will not grow up to be a sociopath…

Your child will not grow up to be a sociopath…

I was at the playground about 9 months ago when I witnessed a two year old stomping on another child’s hand as they both scaled the stairs to a slide.  While comforting her daughter, the victim’s mother turned to her friend with a hint of amusement in her voice and said, “Oh, toddler abuse.”  This woman’s response stuck with me as a grounded attitude towards playground chaos.  She seemed unsurprised by the interaction and generally unconcerned that it would permanently…

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Non-birth mom with all of the feelings.

Non-birth mom with all of the feelings.

I have been sitting on this blog post for a long time, unsure of how to start it.  As you well know, I have a toddler on my hands.  One who, from my perspective anyway, is very intelligent and therefore capable of sophisticated psychological warfare.  Couple this with some ripe insecurities about my status as “non-birth mom” and you’ve god a recipe for a mommy feeling all the feelings.  Just recently my child seemed to be experimenting with differentiating by…

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When one of her first words is tofu…

When one of her first words is tofu…

I love food. I love cooking for my family and friends. I love talking about it, reading about it and writing about it. I love Indian food, deep dish pizza, long dinners at Michelin star restaurants and everything in between. Of course it is not sustainable to eat at French Laundry every day (tragic) so for me, the next best thing is preparing and eating (mostly) healthful, seasonal food.  I focus my cooking on a plant-based diet, avoiding red meat…

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Surrendering to the fertility gods

Surrendering to the fertility gods

For those of you (mostly queers I imagine) who have seen If These Walls Could Talk 2, you may recall the final short starring Sharon Stone and Ellen DeGeneres as a lesbian couple trying to have a baby. My favorite scene is towards the end when the couple finally purchases the sperm they plan to use for insemination. Ellen’s character comes rushing home with it in a giant metal canister and Sharon’s character meets her at the door wearing boxers,…

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