The light left me, but not the memory of its glow. 8211; Lauren Slater,. Posted in quotations and poetry. I shared this picture, and these words, on Instagram. It was a wonderful day, though not a perfect one. Is there any other kind of wonderful? I thought a lot on Sunday about my own matrilineage.

I have a new friend whose mind works a lot like mine. In other words, we are both easily distracted and often guilty of slipping into squirrel mode at any given time. She is a professional writer, so I am a little bit in awe of her, but all of our conversations end up in a jumbled mess of tangents and non sequiturs that make absolutely no sense to anyone else in the vicinity. For the record, my children think we are idiots.

The Mom Stays in the Picture. I am a wife, a daughter, and a mother to four children as well as two crazy dogs. I am a Leo and decidedly ENFP. I consume way too much Diet Coke and French macarons. Also, because I am too disorganized to actually fill out baby books. This will have to do. The Mom Stays in the Picture. I am not perfect to look at and I am not perfect to love, but I am perfectly their mother.

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It was a quality she cloaked in a polite, seemingly offhand request may I hold the baby? And a nonchalant tone of voice, but I knew her intentions were indisputably vulturine at their core. 15 Things I Remember About Being 15. Marching Along The Path of Joy.

Chick Lit Plus by Samantha March. Chick Lit Plus by Samantha March. When Fiona discovers that Idlewild Hall is being restored by an anonymous benefactor, she decides to write a story about it.

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Seeking the story in the ordinary. Lives and writes in rural Pennsylvania. in Ethics and Political Philosophy from Brown University, a J. from Fordham Law School, and is a mother of four. Dina is a creative nonfiction writer, Senior Blog Editor for. And a prose poetry reader for. Her work has appeared in. CHEAP POP, matchbook literary magazine.

Not Just a Bad Mom, But an Experienced Bad Mom. The Ides of March and Stuff. While discussing his English class choices for next year, I brought up Shakespeare. Me, I like Twitter.