Dan Savage’s current “Savage Love” column made me cry, um, a lot. The support he felt from his mom, his love for her…it’s a wonderful thing. All children deserve to be treated with such care and respect. And his theatre ticket offer at the end of the piece…okay, enough with the crying already.

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This is from last Sunday’s NY Times. It’s a good essay about infertility, loss,  and trying to build a family.
And did you catch Terry Gross’s interview with Peggy Orenstein last summer on “Fresh Air”? I finally listened to it, and it’s great. Not once during the interview did I want to punch anyone, which is rare [...]

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We realize that not everyone decides to be a parent and gets pregnant and gives birth, quickly and in just that order. We are particularly partial to the experience of struggle on the road to parenthood, as we are no stranger to strife and loss around the TucsonMama homestead. We hope to provide discussion of [...]

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