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On little boys growing up: 
http://39forthefirsttime.blogspot.com/2010/10/too-old.html

Lessons in motherhood from my time in the corporate world:
http://39forthefirsttime.blogspot.com/2010/10/executive-mom.html

Strange comfort from an unlikely source after a miscarriage:
http://39forthefirsttime.blogspot.com/2010/11/that-sucks.html

Christmas and a doubtful boy:
http://39forthefirsttime.blogspot.com/2010/12/do-you-believe.html

Empathy in marriage:
http://39forthefirsttime.blogspot.com/2010/11/two-actors-in-house.html

A guest post on Blirred Reality on giving kids the tools they need:
http://blirred-reality.blogspot.com/2010/10/its-guest-writer-sunday.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CarryingACatByTheTail+%28Carrying+a+Cat+by+the+Tail!%29

Goodbye to my favorite jeans:
http://39forthefirsttime.blogspot.com/2011/01/requiem-for-my-jeans.html

Sometimes a director has to be the bad guy:
http://39forthefirsttime.blogspot.com/2011/01/heartbreaker.html

Somethings are too precious to throw away:
http://39forthefirsttime.blogspot.com/2011/03/red-writing-hood-mankie.html

Quiet time with my baby:
http://39forthefirsttime.blogspot.com/2011/03/remembered-sleepy-time.html


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