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FEATURE ESSAYS
Main Feature – Cover Story Celebrating Mom Writers
Moms and Writing by Tracy Lyn Moland
I had the opportunity to chat with a few Moms lately about their writing experiences. It is so inspiring to hear their words of wisdom! They all were asked to answer three questions:
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Guest Features
The Grass Is Always Greener by C.J. Cornelius
When I was a child, my mom worked full-time. In 1970, that meant she had to put my sister and me in private school where there was after-school care available until she could pick us up after work. I still remember sitting in the after care program, watching the evening approach, and longing to be home. As parents, we are influenced by our own childhood experiences. I certainly wasn't harmed in any way. I played with friends, got help with my homework, and was well cared for in that after school program, but the strongest memory I have is the longing to be home...
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My Daughter, Myself
by Ami Peltier As a woman with an identical twin
sister, I am well-accustomed to the fact that my sister, Anne, and I are physically indistinguishable. Fortunately, our
personalities have always been very distinct, so I've never really had that creepy
"I have a clone" feeling. Now, however,
I have a 3-year-old daughter, Abbie, who is a carbon copy of me as a toddler. The similarities are unnerving...
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If the Shoe Fits
by Kate Pepper
“If I don’t sell this novel, I’ll open a
shoe store.”
That’s what I told my husband, and I meant it. Shoes were easy and fun –
I quested for them on an intuitive level only a shoe lover would
understand – whereas my career as a novelist, another passion, had been
a struggle. My first two novels, published by a small press, had lasted
a few weeks in bookstores before vanishing into the backlist. I was a
published author but still had to do office work to survive. Then my
publisher died, and I couldn’t find a home for my newest novel. My
career was a bust before it really began. A dozen years, a marriage, and
two kids later, I was eager to dig into work again...
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Double Trouble
by Sarah V. Richard
I didn't find out about the twins until my second doctor's visit. My first
visit had confirmed what I already knew, and the doctor showed me a picture of a single circular ovum. Single being the key word here.
Okay, I thought. I can handle this. At the next visit, the doctor is boxing off two pictures on the sonogram.
What are you doing? Stop! Oh, no! TWINS? There's not a single twin in my family! Besides, I grew up with four younger brothers. Hadn't I suffered
enough?
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Losing the Battle While Winning the War
by Kristen M. Scott
Perhaps this is an overstatement. I’ve had longer days. Like the day we waited to hear the neonatologist’s opinion of my newborn’s
heart murmur. Or the 24 hours I spent agonizing if I’d be hired by the church just blocks from my home. Or the day we
learned my father was dying, in two weeks or six months; it was just a matter of time. There have been
worse days. But this fretful day was neither my best, consumed as I was by anticipation, by waiting. It was the day I was
to learn if I’d won the annual library writing contest...
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Cheaper By the Dozen and Other Myths
by Rose Wade-Schambach Sooner or later, the question always
comes up: how many children do you and your husband have? When asked, I love to see the
reactions we get. We have an even dozen between us: six from my husband’s previous marriage and six from mine. The
ages of our brood are as follows: 29, 28, two 27s, 24, 20, 19, 17, 16, two 14s, and a 9 year old bringing up the
rear to make a total of seven girls and five boys...
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