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Tennis Anyone?

With a dozen eggs, you can make an entire menu of foods consisting of deviled eggs, a chef’s salad, matzo ball soup, fried chicken, a noodle casserole, and cupcakes. A dozen eggs can also make twelve people. That’s more than enough … Continue reading

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O, Me of Little Faith

My parents got married in 1970 and divorced in 1980. Then they got remarried in 1990 and divorced again in 2008. And then last year, they got re-remarried. This time it’s different, though. This time they’re also married to God. … Continue reading

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Fall from Grace

My grandmother was a woman of grace. She bore 11 children in a 2-bedroom home, cared for her husband through a decade of Alzheimer’s, and lost her eyesight near the end of her life, and the only time I ever … Continue reading

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Beta Beta

The second beta was 11.32, which means that this pregnancy isn’t viable, so I’m stopping meds today. Good thing, too. I need a drink.

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Alpha Beta

This morning’s result was 17.47. This is super low by beta standards since most providers consider anything below 50 to be negative, but when I urged my nurse to lay it out for me doomsday style, she wouldn’t do it. She … Continue reading

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Pee Antipathy

Wednesday, June 20 – 8dt5dt. I peed on another stick this morning, and the line was darker than yesterday’s, so I went back to bed and cried. The line was darker, which means I’m probably really pregnant. Bummer. I was … Continue reading

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