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In this newsletter: How my thinking about adoption completely changed when I started following adoptees on Twitter and learning about their experiences.
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In this newsletter: 25 stories/observations about my mom that I hope paint a picture of how I ended up a liberal feminist designer and mother of six…
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In this newsletter: I explain the 3 main methods for making money while sharing free content as a Content Creator or Influencer, I discuss how those…
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I don’t know why I’m shocked. We knew about this weeks ago, but I’m still weeping with the official announcement. And I’m so deeply angry at how much my…
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I didn't start out married life planning not to wear my wedding rings. I assumed I would wear them every day. But it turns out I don't. 25 years in and…
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In February of 2018, I wrote an essay saying that I believe a gun ban in the U.S. in inevitable. Four years have passed and no gun ban, so perhaps I’m…
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My mom, Donna, married her high-school sweetheart, Roger, a couple of years after their spouses passed away. Donna has 8 kids. Roger has 10 kids. That…
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I think the simplest description is just that my depression is acting up again. There isn’t really a good explanation for why it’s hitting me now…
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I just spent two weeks helping my daughter Maude get settled in Charlotte, North Carolina. I received a ton of questions about what Maude is doing in…
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The attack on Ukraine was unprovoked, unnecessary, and unreasonable. An entire war to feed one man’s ego. Be f---ing furious about it.
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In this newsletter: What it means to fundraise in order to save your child's life, why I want the LDS church to spend its money as fast as it possibly…
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In this newsletter: The three names my parents considered for me, the three names Ben Blair and I considered for our daughter Maude, and what to do if…
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