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13 years ago @ http://inthetesseract.... - Birds, bees and babysi... · 1 reply · +1 points

Great idea! I still cant believe that at 13 people let me babysit their FOUR kids, including a baby under one. Me an only child, who had no clue what to do with little kids. I somehow survived the experience, but didn't have kids of my own until I was over 40!

13 years ago @ http://yeahgoodtimes.b... - Recipe for the perfect... · 0 replies · +1 points

Oh yes! That's how I like my coffee! I loved this the first time I read it and now it's even better with pictures.
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13 years ago @ http://yeahgoodtimes.b... - The Dive Bar Welcomes:... · 1 reply · +1 points

What a painful story. A thousand hugs. One of my kids (the one that's not autistic) has a mood disorder, and this makes him much more likely to have a problem with addiction and / or commit suicide and this worries and gnaws at me constantly. It is so the life (or death) I do not want for him. I'm doing everything I can to lead him down other paths, but i know it's not all in my hands.

I am so sorry for your loss, your pain, and so glad those boys have you & your husband in their lives.
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13 years ago @ http://yeahgoodtimes.b... - My apologies to Child 2 · 0 replies · +1 points

I have 2 boys too. And I was so positive, before my amnio ultrasound, that one of the twins I was carrying was a girl. I kept thinking "it's one of each" which made me happy as this was my ONE shot at parenthood (IVF twins at 41). Then on the day of, I went with a friend as my husband was away on business. So they fired up the machine and took a look first at "Baby A" - the one I had "felt" was a girl. The technician asked if I wanted to know gender and after I nodded yes she said "Look, outdoor plumbing!" showing me his tiny penis & scrotum.

And yes, I started to cry a little. Because I KNEW with100% certainty that the other one was a boy, as he had felt SO boy inside me (and isn't it interesting he's the one with autism, which they say is the ultimate male brain). In the cab ride back across town I was lying with my head in my friends lap. I looked up at her and said, trying to make the best of it: "Well, they better marry girls I LIKE. If I can't have daughters, I can have great daughter-in-laws!" She laughed at me and told me "Let's just worry about getting them born first."

And then, the moment they were born and I looked into their tiny faces and fell in love at first sight I couldn't imagine them being anyone other than exactly who they were. My perfect little BOYS.
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13 years ago @ http://yeahgoodtimes.b... - New study shows autism... · 0 replies · +12 points

I knew it was all my fault. If only I were a better mother and could use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to photosynthesize my own oxygen, my son wouldn't have autism. He might have a woody trunk and leafy branches, but at least he wouldn't have autism. Sigh. I knew it was all my fault.
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13 years ago @ http://yeahgoodtimes.b... - This woman\'s work is ... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm in the crap soup myself right now. Let's hang in there together. and that Kate Bush song - wow! I LOVED that song, but haven't heard it in years. Thanks for bringing it back. I gotta download me some Kate real soon.
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13 years ago @ http://www.rageagainst... - where is the mommy-war... · 0 replies · +1 points

Best Post Ever. Beautiful. True. Cuts through all the bull. Thank You.

13 years ago @ http://yeahgoodtimes.b... - I\'m tired of autism · 2 replies · +1 points

What is this "Autism" of which you speak? (Sticking fingers in ears and yelling "LaLaLaLaLaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa!")

Let's talk about... I don't know... I don't think I have enough brain cells left to even come up with another topic. How about... Nah, I got nothing. No - wait! Nutella!!! I can talk about Nutella! Mmmmm... Nutella. (...walking away from computer... grabbing a spoon...)
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13 years ago @ The Squashed Bologna: ... - March is the Cruelest ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Oh, honey, big hugs to you, babe. Big hugs.

13 years ago @ in these small moments - Words of Motherhood: L... · 0 replies · +1 points

I had not a single doubt, for even a moment, that you would be cast. Congratulations my friend. It is my only sorrow that we can't beam ourselves across the country to witness each others' shows in person. To see you & Sherri (& all the others) read would have been priceless. If I win the lottery between now & May I'm hiring a private jet!

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