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The Momplex · 2M ago

Things That Can’t Be Written

Rough doesn’t begin to describe the year I just had. I recently looked back through my past eight years of writings (since becoming a mom), and I saw there notes from the front lines of colic and my husband’s deployment and my struggles … Continue reading →
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The Momplex · 4M ago

Off the Grid

Dear Momplex Readers: Please don’t be alarmed by the disappearance of my entire archive of blog entries! I am currently in the process of sifting through my work to do with it what I always intended to do with it: … Continue reading →
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The Momplex · 5M ago

Guns and Gremlins: An Old-Fashioned @#*% Christmas

I should have known by the way my hand drew back for a minute before throwing the DVD in my cart. I recalled a blender scene, in which blood and guts are pureed by a horror-stricken mom. Didn’t something get killed in the microwave, too? I should have known better, by the way I set [...]
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The Momplex · 5M ago

Lessons from Rainman

I have muttered “Rainman” under my breath to my son more than once in his short three years. I’ve done it about him, to him, at him. In sharing this, I feel like I just stood up before others and … Continue reading →
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The Momplex · 6M ago

When the Village Sucks

I got really mad today at a total stranger. I’m talking so mad that I wanted to cuff her, tumble her down a flight of stairs. I don’t care if she was a good 30 years my senior. My 3-year-old son was the epicenter of the ordeal, and in a nutshell, she wasn’t behaving as [...]
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The Momplex · 7M ago

The (Other) Reason You Should Turn Off the TV

TURN OFF THE TV. How many times have you been told? The AAP tells us to do it. Our parents (now grandparents) tell us to do it. Our consciences tell us to do it. For those of us approaching 40, … Continue reading →
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The Momplex · 8M ago

Head Wide Open: My Life As a Condom Commercial

Screenplay for a True-Story Cinema Feature* Opening Sequence/Second Draft by Jenny F. September 2012 SETTING: SUBURBIA / GRAY AUTUMN DAY Begin with aerial-view extreme long shot that slowly zooms in on 1980s home sandwiched between a Wisconsin suburb and a yellowing cornfield. Gray clouds fill the s
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The Momplex · 8M ago

Love Prevails: A 9/11 Reflection

This morning as I sat in church with my 7-year-old daughter, watching her wipe a booger in the church bulletin, I thought of something strange: I almost didn’t have her. In fact, I almost didn’t have any kids at all. … Continue reading →
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The Momplex · 8M ago

Something Reasonable, Like Sequins

The night before school resumed, I asked my 7-year-old if she wanted me to walk her into her classroom in the morning instead of just drop her off. “Yes!” she said with genuine excitement. God, it was so sweet that she didn’t even have to think about it. “But Mom,” she continued with a finger [...]
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The Momplex · 8M ago

Something Reasonable, Like Sequins: Fashion Advice from the Second Grade

The night before school resumed, I asked my 7-year-old if she wanted me to walk her into her classroom in the morning instead of just drop her off. “Yes!” she said with genuine excitement. God, it was so sweet that she didn’t even have to think about it. “But Mom,” she continued with a finger [...]
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