I discovered, quite early in motherhood, that the longest and most painful deliveries occur when you give birth to stepchildren.
Linda SunshineMajor fluctuations in weight gain and loss are detrimental to your health and embarrassing to explain to your friends and family.
Linda SunshineChanging schools and friends is hard on children and can often make them desperate and lonely enough to form closer ties with a sibling.
Linda SunshineI wasn't very good about the pain. I started screaming for painkillers after the third contraction and didn't stop until my daughter was eating solid food.
Linda SunshineA careful blending of sarcasm, irony, and teasing, bickering has its own distinctive cadence and rhythm and is as difficult to master as French, Spanish, or any elective second language. Like Chinese, the fine points of bickering can be discerned in the subtle rise and fall of the voice. If not practiced properly, bickering can be mistaken for its less sophisticated counterpart: whining.
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