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The first time I was pregnant, I had no idea what was going on. I was weepy over commercials, shaky and dizzy if I skipped breakfast, prone to sobbing over…

Gwyneth Paltrow. Kate Hudson. Reese Witherspoon. Courtney Cox-Arquette. These beautiful, young, successful movie stars have come to represent the Hollywood Elite. Yet, despite high-powered careers in one of the most…

It is ironic that after employing extremely passive and dare I say, idiotic, birth-control methods for the first half of my sexual life, I am now in a situation where…

Have you ever stepped on an old Cheerio? Sometimes, after you crush it, it still looks like a Cheerio. It still has its perfect little round Cheerio shape. But if…

“Well, after looking at these results, I can say that you probably won’t be having any children,” my doctor claimed. I sat there, silently. At that time, I was 29…

July 2003 The sudden emotion welling up in me threatens to overflow as I pay for the magazine, commenting to the friendly cashier at the newsstand. “Qué pena, lo de…

I was so close. This close to my dream of becoming a novelist, with intermittent short story and anthology publications and appearances on “Oprah.” Well, not that close, but I…

I played blocks with my one-year-old daughter this morning. Stack them up. Giggle. Knock them down. She’s so easy to play with at this age. The friction is easily managed.…

Once upon a time, I took a lot of long, hot, relaxing baths. I could spend an hour in there, adding hot water as needed, simmering until tender. There may…

It seemed as if things were looking up. I often told myself that, and repeated it to others. Soon after my weekend away, Jack and I decided we needed to…

Late at night, when I’ve stopped worrying about the hole in the bathroom ceiling, the mess on Nick’s bedroom floor, and the various appointments I have for the next day,…