I’m convinced that when I was little, I knew exactly who I was. When I looked in a mirror, my body was a person with a head, torso and limbs just like every other person—like the stick families on the back windows of minivans—my parents, sister, and dog by my side. But my insides. I…
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As an intro, I’d like to comment that I’ve taken on some satirical writing lately as I’ll be writing articles for Syndrome, an online magazine (‘just satire, just for women’) that’s well-known in Italy and has been introduced to North America recently. It raises awareness around women’s issues and matters in a fun, satirical way….
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Recently, I went to Winners to look for a sports bra for my daughter. It was the Wednesday before the Easter long weekend and I was in a great mood—life just looks better right before an extra-long break from work. Though I’m normally a thrift store junkie, I came across a cute pair of jeans…
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We’ve all tried to be people other than ourselves, whether pretending we’re Australian Olympic divers at a hotel pool during a sibling’s softball tournament or pretending we’re Danish exchange students when we’re 15 so as to buy booze at a liquor store. (I know, very common examples, right?) But have you ever experienced feeling like an…
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When was the last time you heard something like, “Hey, that was awesome, you failed so amazingly!” My guess is: never. Most of us aren’t strangers to hearing advice on how to succeed, having heard those key success words since we were young, like ‘hard work’ and ‘determination’. Who doesn’t want to be successful? I…
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Written several years ago, updated recently… There is no other object in my life that has caused me to contemplate my image as much as my front bumper. Two winters ago, I was backing out of my driveway and I partially ran over a large rock covered with snow. The kids and I heard quite a…
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My husband and I have been getting along incredibly well for the past few weeks: no nagging one another, very few disagreements and affection abounds without us even trying. It feels so great to affirm why I am in this relationship. Example of My Relationship Flow Me: “Hey hon, would you mind putting your plate…
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