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Late to the game (I'm late to everything these days), but just wanted to add my hope that things are better now. I hate feeling as though I've been alienated from the person I rely on the most. It's like walking on a ship deck during a typhoon.

I like Bear's idea of just plowing ahead and doing some happy-feeling things, in hopes that the happiness will follow. Very wise, your boy.

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I am so, so sorry. Nothing rocks the ground beneath you like really bad spouse-fights. Well, there are things but spouse fights are right up there near the top of the list.

I'm sending you good energy....warm fuzzy on a cold snowy night (have you looked out the window, its glorious!)

Hope to see you soon! Blessed Christmas!

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Read the mommy track'd review of Mama PhD:edited by LM's Senior Editor, Caroline Grant and Me and My House columnist Elrena Evans. "Mama PhD offers a series of lively personal essays from women who share varied experiences of being both...

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I HATE CSS! I HATE CODE! Dammit, I'm a hardware chick. This stuff is hard.... P.S. Dear Martha, I know it looks like crap. It keeps looking fabulous and sparkly in my preview app. But not so much on the...

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As the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) has done in the past, we are planning 2-3 panels on topics of mothering/motherhood for the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) 2009 Conference, "DIFFICULT DIALOGUES" November 12-15, 2009 Atlanta, GA. If you...

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Former LM Degrees of Freedom columnist, Jennifer Eyre White writes about her wishes for her family this holiday season on her blog, Having Three Kids. Read more... For my youngest child, four-year-old Kirby, I hope that Santa somehow manages to...

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MISCARRIAGE ANTHOLOGY Catalyst Book Press is seeking literary essays telling personal stories of miscarriage, in particular emotional and spiritual ramifications of miscarriage or the transformations that occurred in people’s lives as a result of undergoing or observing a miscarriage. We...

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The Progressive Women’s Voices program has become a cornerstone of The Women’s Media Center. In our first year of the program, we intensively media trained 33 women who have gone on to earn over 1000 media hits year to date....

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Oh, Elizabeth. That just sucks. It's always so hard when fighting, and especially so when you'd thought that you wouldn't have 'that fight' again. (Or 'that kind' of fight.) So many kudos to you for picking yourselves up and getting back in it - this stuff isn't easy, and unfortunately it's the hardest times when we need the most fortitude. I'll be thinking good thoughts for you, hoping that you make it back to solid ground soon.

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It seems quite impossible that when I was first introduced to Bear via your blog, he was just a wee little boy. An adorable wee little boy, but still. And now he's all grown up enough to ask, "The bribing thing?"

Holy moly. Somehow I feel incredibly old now.

And dittos. He's an awesome kid.

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Chipping away at the stylesheets and the templates has gotten me close to my current idea for the New Layout - but not quite. And now the code is so cluttered that each tweak sets off a Butterfly Effect. Ick....

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Thanks... I don't know if I have a fire inside of me or if it's just heartburn:) But I deeply appreciate the support. And definitely need to get me a pair of snowman jammies...

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It's so hard fighting with a spouse. I feel your pain and know how it aches inside. Lots of people don't even try to work through things and loose so much. I have always admired that you make decisions and stick by them. You definitely have a fire inside you. {{{hugs}}}

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by Rebekah Spicuglia Beginning December 1, 2008, mothers around the world have had access to the first global consortium of motherhood organizations. Marking ten years after the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) was founded, mothers’ organizations in North America...

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Fighting with people we love is the worst because it can be so cruel. Cruel because you love each other and you know which buttons to push. If you didn't, it wouldn't hurt so much, you know?

The important thing is that you both got back up in the cab of that semi and decided to make the U-turn, to steal your metaphor. It could have been so easy to let anger breed resentment and then emptiness. And maybe you know something now you didn't know before about who you are and who he is? For good or bad.

You're not a ...

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I haven't wanted to say it out loud. To admit it. Because it feels like some kind of personal failure. About a month ago, CD and I had a fight. The worst knock-down drag-out say things you can never take...

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I can give you some suggestions with the bills. If they're medical bills, call the hospital/drs. office and see if you can have some expenses reduced or completely written off. Hospitals are more likely to that than doctors, but try anyway.

Where insurance is concerned, you may want to consider hospitalization coverage only for CD, if he's in good health (but not for Bear or yourself as you would have a difficult time getting insurance coverage in the future if you dropped it now and reapplied).

As far as making amends for those who were "left behind". Tough, they can either ...

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You have one awesome kid there - and he has an awesome mom to boot.

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Bear is a smart cookie. And he's lucky to have you, and your listening supportive self for a mom.

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Is it totally awful if I absolutely agree???

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beautiful. that's quite the kiddo you have there

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Sense of joy fills the air, And I daydream and I stare, Up at the tree and I see... Your star up there. And this is how I see you, In the snow on Christmas morning, Love and happiness...

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Fellow author Kelly Corrigan just released this very moving essay about women, friendship and loss on YouTube to celebrate the paperback version of her book The Middle Place. Read, A Conversation with Kelly Corrigan in the Literary Mama Profiles....

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GREAT! So now you can teach us all...

recipes please! It's freezing up here in Minn.

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I love making soup too, even just in the crockpot. Today we had a black bean and chicken soup. Mmmmm. Yummy.

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Literary Reflections is pleased to present our featured writing prompt response from November. We asked, "Have you ever had an incident where your writing made you feel like a "bad" parent or person? Did you resolve the conflict? If...

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As I read this, my husband is making a nice beef barley soup for dinner. We are sufficiently excited about it that we are eating it as part of our Christmas tree trimming, eggnog and hot cider drinking, and December birthday celebrating Sunday evening (my Mom being the December birthday person). We are having soup and bread for dinner and cake for dessert.

I myself like to make soup, too. Especially in the winter.

So, yes, I completely agree with you on the whole soup-making concept!

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I believe in the power of soup so much that at work, we've started a soup club. (Yes, teachers are nerds). Every Wednesday, another person takes a turn making soup for the entire group for lunch. To be fair, we've branched out a bit into "non-soup" foods, but the general feeling is still there. A warm, homecooked meal, shared with friends. It brings us together in a way bratty students never could.

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Through the years, the one thing that I've learned to cook well is soup. I started about 15 years ago, when I had a taste of home-made squash soup (albeit made in the home of a chef). It was a...

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LM's Founding Co-Editor, Amy Hudock says, I spoke at the Association for Research on Mothering Conference in October, and I met with other mother organizations to talk about creating a network. We thought, "If we join all of our...

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Seeking Career Moms for Prime Time!

Greetings,

My name is Gaby, Casting Producer for Wife Swap (airing on ABC). I am currently hoping to cast a Mom who is passionate about her career and her family. Ideally, this Mom is also encouraging her children to prepare for their futures. We would like to showcase the modern, working woman.

Wife Swap is a hit family program airing on Disney-owned ABC. The show focuses on different family dynamics and parenting philosophies across the country. Our show allows two different moms the opportunity to swap lives for a week to experience a different family dynamic. While ...

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B-Word/B*tch is a 12-year-old feminist nonprofit media organization that interrogates commercial culture via a magazine, a website, and assorted other media and outreach vehicles. Our founding editorial and creative director is transitioning to a broader organizational role, and so B-Word/B*tch...

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Belladonna* Announces: Advancing Feminist Poetics and Activism: A Gathering CUNY Graduate Center, September 24-25, 2009 In celebration of its tenth year, Belladonna* will join with The CUNY Graduate Center's Women's Studies Certificate Program, Center for Research on Women and Society,...

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If you hadn't noticed, I'm STILL re-coding the site. First of all, it needed an overhaul. The CSS was so full of abandoned style choices that every time I tried to update something, I would trip over it all and...

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Dear ARM Members and Friends, We are delighted to report that the INTERNATIONAL MOTHERS NETWORK website will be launched this week. We are inviting all mother organizations to join this first ever international motherhood consortium of motherhood organizations. We...

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I'm not whining. Just reeling. The fallout from last summer continues to pile up. While everyone (mostly) was supportive of me while I was "out of it", I continue to burn in real time from the after-effects. From renegotiating debts...