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Fourth of July: My Childless Woman Stereotype Independence Day

For years, I’ve written love letters to the parents raising our next generation — and opened them by calling myself too selfish to do their job. This Fourth of July, I realized what that subtle self-deprecation might be costing, not just me, but every 15-year-old girl deciding what she’s allowed to become.
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Dad, Thanks for Thinking I’m “Abnormal” and Teaching Me to Swim to Shore

My father drove the boat beside me every time I swam across the lake, making sure I kept to a straight line. He asked the same question about everything else: why can’t you just do it the normal way? I’ve been swimming sideways for four decades trying to answer him.
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Does Someone Have to Be Wrong in Order for Me to Be Right?

What if needing to be right is the most illogical thing of all? A late-night disagreement taught me something I didn't expect.
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