During my teen years and for most of my adult life, I pledged not to have children. I was fine helping other folks’ kids in whatever way I could, but I did not want, or need, a Little Me. One crazy day in my 30s, however, I forgot this long enough to begin to pine … Continue reading
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Women Within
For most of my adult life, my domestic duties were few: I shopped for one, then two; ate out most nights; ran a quick towel over barely used dining tables. Spent my time, instead, “building a career,” relishing in the freedom to travel, to party, to pursue my dreams. But in “advanced maternal age,” I entered … Continue reading