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Perfectly Normal

Retired Columns

From “Life in the Sandwich” to “Special Needs Mama” to “Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance”—they’re all here for you to explore.

True Love Weights

Slipping the ring off her finger, Julie gave it to her mother for safekeeping while she swam with my kids. I wouldn’t have thought anything of it except her mother…

Perfectly Normal | September 2013 | By Heather Cori


Fair-Weather Friends

Maya, my middle school daughter, has one. “Trixie” was chummy when Maya had gum at lunch and when she was creating the invite list to her Laser Zone fourteenth birthday…

Perfectly Normal | August 2013 | By Heather Cori


A is for Alcoholic

Almost everyone I know has at least one alcoholic in their family. Ours is no exception. A realistic depiction of our family tree would have some wine, beer and whiskey…

Perfectly Normal | July 2012 | By Heather Cori


Body One or Body Two

When I was young I had paper dolls. I punched out perforated girls and put them on stands. They sported outfits held up by square tabs. My daughters have an…

Perfectly Normal | December 2011 | By Heather Cori


The Little Peppermint Red-Haired Patty Girl

Attending a performing arts middle school gives my daughter opportunities to explore characters both like and unlike herself. The past school year found her in not one, but two Peanuts…

Perfectly Normal | September 2011 | By Heather Cori


The Power of Pictures: Three Snapshots

It was a last-minute decision to cut out the full-color photos of Lennart Nilson’s beautiful book, A Child is Born, and slip them into page protectors for my Sunday morning…

Perfectly Normal | July 2011 | By Heather Cori


Fff… family

As I set up for our kindergarteners’ and first graders’ OWL class, several books are showcased on a side table. One is titled, One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dads, Blue…

Perfectly Normal | April 2011 | By Heather Cori


Listen to the Silence: Anti-Gay Harassment

2011 marks the 15th annual day of silence on April 15th. The website asks, “What are you going to do to end the silence?” On tax day, thousands of students…

Perfectly Normal | March 2011 | By Heather Cori


Butts

Teachers know not to use the word butt in class. Instead when they want kids to sit down they say, “Sit on your pockets.” They will reference the bum, bottom,…

Perfectly Normal | February 2011 | By Heather Cori


Oh, That’s a Really Good Question

I’m a bit of a collector. I don’t have Starbucks bears, coins or shot glasses from around the world, but I do have questions. Since my own children started questioning,…

Perfectly Normal | January 2011 | By Heather Cori


Rated ‘M’

It was almost 9:00 on a Friday night when the phone rang. “Hey mom, it’s Jamin. There are a bunch of kids over at the sleepover and they are playing…

Perfectly Normal | November 2010 | By Heather Cori


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