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Tag Archives: choices
psychic whiplash (or, “what is life?”)
A few weeks ago, I learned that one of my friends is pregnant with her second child. This friend went through years of heartache before having her first child, and the road to her second pregnancy hasn’t been without its … Continue reading
Posted in Infertility, Life After Cancer, Philadelphia, running
Tagged Ben Franklin Bridge, choices, old soul, only child, pregnancy, selfishness, trauma
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no time to waste
Four years ago, during a heatwave not unlike the one we are now experiencing, I lay confined in the partially air-conditioned recesses of our rented home in Northern Liberties, hanging on to the edges of the life with which four … Continue reading
Posted in adoption, Family, Life After Cancer, Philadelphia, Work
Tagged ambivalence, cancer's legacy, children, choices, happiness, heartbreak, heatwave, law, meaning, mother, working parents
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