On Thursday afternoon, I saw that I had two missed calls: one from my mother, and one from my father. Both within a few minutes of each other. I had a feeling of foreboding, and my suspicions were confirmed when my father told me that my mother was in the hospital. She had been diagnosed with appendicitis, and was scheduled for surgery. Having been through an "appy" myself (when I was six months pregnant...
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I’m kind of in love with this set of restylized Disney princesses by MikeVDesign. I would love to play as Ariel to see if her trident is as intimidating as it looks, but I also want to stay true to my teenage years and play as Cinderella for her Chun-Li-esque hyakuretsukyaku.
I envy women who can look "dewy" and "refreshed" during the hot, humid days of summer. Not only does my combination skin kick up its sebum production into overdrive, I tend to sweat...
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Yesterday, we had our final meeting with the Early Intervention (EI) evaluation and placement team. They recommended that Aerin meet with a developmental interventionist twice a week, and a speech therapist twice a month. I became rather upset after this meeting. Not because they were saying Aerin is delayed and needs therapy (I have accepted this after the first meeting), but because their evaluation seemed inaccurate after further examination. When I looked over the initial evaluation carefully (I hadn't seen the scores they had assigned for each skill, and didn't receive a copy of the full evaluation until last week), I noticed that they had scored Aerin lower than they should have. Now, I'm sure some of you are wondering if I'm...
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“Famous Shoes” is a collection that depicts the iconic footwear of celebrities and well-known fictional characters. I have cropped 10 of my favorites below — can you guess which shoe belongs to which person/character? (Click on the shoe to see the full version, and the answer.)
