by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
Today is cause for a celebration. Exactly twenty three years ago, after nearly 70 hours of labor, my youngest daughter Meredith was born. At home. The only attendants were her toddler-sister and her alarmed father. The midwife set to deliver her had left to...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Family & Celebrations
There are newer shows now. Like Long Lost Family. I boo-hoo, every time I see it. My update since the first time I posted this: I published my memoir. And because I did, I met a still-missing brother and cousins and, more recently, had contact with an uncle I’d...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Domestic Violence
psu.edu Tonight, I went to the University of Alaska, Anchorage’s (UAA) screening of Telling Amy’s Story, a documentary sponsored by Verizon Wireless after their long-time Pennsylvania employee was shot at point blank range in her home by her husband while her parents...
by lameredith | | Classic Posts, Healing & Gratitude
Not all bad relationships are between people. I’ve limped along my negative relationship with food for decades, carrying the associated emotional and physical baggage. My old diaries from ages 13 and 14 are missing the cursory teenage angst about boys and mean girls...
by lameredith | Mar 19, 2012 | Healing & Gratitude
Every six weeks or so, I get together with some of my favorite friends and talk books. Until now, we’ve met at a coffee shop, spoken about our impressions of the book, and let conversation morph into one about our lives and loves. (1/2 the group at Cafe Del Mundo...
