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My Top Five Most Read Stories

Feast your eyes on what others have feasted their eyes on

4 min readMay 5, 2024

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Five yellow stars on a diagonal line split between pink and blue. A list of my top five most-read Medium stories.

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The Memoirist

575 Sparrowbush Road: Once More Until Forever

Saying goodbye to Grammar and her house

10 min readOct 28, 2023

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575 Sparrowbush Road: Once More Until Forever

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The Parenting Portal

Knot Another Birth Story

Pardon the pun. My brain has shrunk since becoming a mom

6 min readFeb 28, 2024

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Knot Another Birth Story

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Frazzled

Report: Local Mom Has Four Nights to Self, Squanders Every Second

Mom: “I fantasized for weeks leading up to my ‘me time’ and then I crumbled under the weight of my expectations.”

3 min readJan 12, 2024

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Report: Local Mom Has Four Nights to Self, Squanders Every Second

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My Best-Crafted Duds I Wish You’d Read

Everybody likes a comeback story

2 min readApr 28, 2024

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My Best-Crafted Duds I Wish You’d Read

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The Memoirist

Maybe It Was a Love Affair

What remains of what can’t be known

6 min read2 days ago

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Sepia-toned aged photo journal held by pink hands. Open to black and white photograph, memories removed by a generation or two. What happened between two people so long ago? What happens to an unconfirmed affair?

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The Penny Pub

Five Things This Neurodivergent Lady Forgot About Friendship

Besides that I suck at it

4 min read3 days ago

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Person in button-down shirt sits at a table. The camera’s focus is on two hands covered in many colors of paint. One hand holds a mechanical pencil, the other a paintbrush. A neurodivergent woman’s life is messy and creative.

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Frazzled

Report: Local Toddler Zillion Times Better at Setting Boundaries Than His Mama

“I’m equal parts proud and devastated,” says elder millennial

3 min read6 days ago

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Toddler plays with toy cars on a table with face not showing. Mother struggles with boundaries with her toddler. Humor ensues.

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emosh!tstorm

7 Best Mom Writers on Medium

No, they don’t only write about being mothers

3 min readMay 11, 2024

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A mother sits on the couch holding her baby. Her toddler sits next to her. They are watching a tablet. Mother is pondering her next Medium article.

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Counter Arts

Unquarantined — Corporate vs Restaurant Hospitality

White collar privilege at its finest

6 min readMay 6, 2024

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Unquarantined — Corporate vs Restaurant Hospitality

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Lora Straub Brocone

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TMI, emotional, neurodivergent (ADHD edition), funny, funny haha, sentence polisher. Editor of emoshitstorm.

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