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The summer of 1997, when cell phones were still novel and farmers markets were still about farmers, I spent the summer in Boulder. My internship at Time Warner Telecom was in the DTC, but I didn’t mind. There were roommates to hook up with, real hippies to discover and new words to learn. Trustafarian was [...]

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Dear Scarlett: August 29th, 2009

Dear Scarlett, When you rose to meet me, you looked like a little old woman and a little baby bird at the same time, an old, wild soul, all scrunched up and sweet and full of ethereal wisdom, yet completely pure. There were no tears or screams, just awe and confusion on your pinker-than-expected skin. [...]

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Babies in the Movies

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I’m not sure how to tell you this, but movies are kind of a big deal. As I wiled away life during pregnancy, I couldn’t help but think of every baby reference across my history of couchtime. They’d just come to me. I’d be shuffling my belly from the bedroom to the bathroom and remember [...]

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Pregnancy Flashback: Mountain Midwifery

We’ll be birthing our baby at Mountain Midwifery–at least, thats the plan.  It’s a stucco building complex called Plaza de Medicos that was probably once an apartment complex. All the curve-topped cottage doors open to the outside. There’s a courtyard for fresh air and it has two stories with a balcony along the top. I [...]

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Pregnancy Moments

When I first saw the difference in the reaction of my pregnancy by someone who has children and someone who doesn’t have children. (Month Three) When we knew for sure, the name of our baby girl. (Month Three) When I learned how the baby breathes amniotic fluid throughout gestation and then, through some miracle of [...]

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The First Trimester: Me Vs. My Stomach

Andrea: What about a vegetarian eggs benedict with tomatoes and avocados? Eh? All that protein and vitamins with some buttery fat drizzled on top? Stomach: Are you kidding?? I HATE eggs benedict! You’re gonna have to go to the bathroom before you’re even out of the restaurant! Andrea: Okaaayyy, let’s try a turkey sandwich with [...]

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The Weirdest Thing

about being pregnant is that you find out and it’s like SUCH a big deal, right? You can hardly believe it and you want to tell everyone and it’s such big news and you’ve been waiting for this day and it seems like your world will never be the same and you’re right (!!!) but [...]

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Prenatal #1

I was so nervous that morning. I’d even cried. Flustered by my slippery hot rollers and the client meeting which had suddenly come up and the fact that my favorite watch of all time had stopped working after seven years. Silly things, you see. But last week it had been sun glare and the absence [...]

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We Will Never Be Here Again

And I repeat: It was just so hard to believe. As one Mother I know put it, it’s a little like taking acid for the first time. (Not that I’ve ever taken acid, Mother, though if you must know, I’ve always wanted to and never had the proper chance and can now see my opportunities [...]

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Road Trip, Part Two: The Red Stands Alone

When I met my Mother’s morning eyes, despite the fact that Christmas drama had blanketed every snow-crusted surface, I saw only a question. When I spoke to Michael from the the passenger seat of the Rendez Vous,  blind to the waves behind every wheel, my voice confirmed the unbelieveable. When I ran down the stubby, [...]

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