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[…]called you in for a conference. By the next day you discover the ailing child merely ate too much candy, the washing machine was accidentally unplugged, the checkbook had been added up incorrectly, and Junior’s teacher only wanted to let you know what a great job he was doing! But then the mail is delayed, and by the time your husband gets your second letter, two weeks later, he has developed three new ulcers and chewed off all his fingernails. Military wives often joke that everything waits to go wrong until the moment Dad leaves. I recall one time when […]

Stretchmark Sorority

[…] skills from what they’ve learned in checkout lines; how do you refuse to buy candy, gum, and crayons and still keep the peace? I thought my mom was brilliant because she understood which way was left and which was right; how can you know that? And how could she pour all that “stuff” in a bowl and produce delicious cookies within the hour? Mothers solve the mystery about which are ordinary days and which are birthdays, Christmas, and Valentine’s Day. A child wonders how in the world we discern these things (sometimes we amaze ourselves!). And so it goes. […]
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