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  • I Guess I’d Still Like to Have Three Children

    I Guess I’d Still Like to Have Three Children

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    Laura
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    I stumbled across a comment on my blog today, asking me how old I am now and suggesting that the writer of the comment, who’s just about my age, would still like to have three children. It made me think. I still do have three children (thankfully). Sometimes I think about the essay I wrote…

  • I’m Not Cut Out for This

    I’m Not Cut Out for This

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    Laura
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    I’m not cut out for this. I turn around in my seat, having just finished hollering something ineffective and useless like, “I mean it!” And the children don’t care, and they aren’t listening, and I am filled with rage. I’m not cut out for this parenting thing. We are on our way back from Lake…