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When I was in high school, I had vivid, surreal dreams frequently, so it stuck out to me when I had a particular one that was so realistic that it was like watching video footage. It was also strange, because I was almost always an observer, but this time I saw it happen in first… Read More

#16...while very unusual, it's not unheard of. My older daughter started using small sentences like that around that age and was full on chatty by 12 mos. She also took first steps at almost 8 mos and was able to walk around at my bestie's baby shower (11 mos at that point). My younger… Read More

Pickles and ranch, strawberry yogurt with a few skittles mixed in, curry, and the Strawberry Pop Tart Invasion of 2010. I had to confront that it had gotten out of hand when my husband busted me packing a box to take to the hospital, oop

About 6 months into our marriage (and 3 months pregnant), I had an intense feeling that something bad was going to happen to my husband one morning. He's not only accident-prone, but also was working for a sort of sketchy construction company until he could find something better.… Read More

When confronted with a judgmental or critical statement/question about your life, don't try to defend yourself or choices because people like that are always going to be willing to twist your words. Just adopt your best 'customer service face' (think dead-in-the-eyes retail worker)… Read More

The Godfather is boring and I've never made it more than an hour in without falling asleep. Star Wars is also boring, overall. According to my family though, my biggest 'opinion sin' is that I think most of the Bath and Body Works scents stink.

The into scene for the Death character in Supernatural (season 5, ep 21), which features a woman singing an old spiritual, "Oh Death". It's in the top 3 most memorable scenes of all time for me, and I'm almost 40 and have seen an absurd number of movies and shows. It's iconic and… Read More