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  • Where the Wild(ish) Things Are

     

    I've always been sucker for playgrounds, which has made my transition into motherhood far easier than if, say, I hated playgrounds. Which would be weird, because who in their right mind hates playgrounds? But anyway...

     

    Playgrounds. Little Meccas of youth and children chasing one another like Wild Things. Let the wild rumpus start! 

     

    Jackson and Archer

     

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  • Not Allowed

    Archer crouched and watched the older boys from the space between the steps on the jungle gym with the slide. He gazed at the little boys digging holes with shovels and their bare hands. Like usual, he was too shy to approach them. Too interested to look away.


    I called for him from the side of the sandbox but he ignored me.

     

    Leave me alone, Mom. 

     
    He must have sat there for ten minutes, spying on the other boys, watching the way they pushed the sand to one side and how wet it got, the deeper they dug. No one noticed Archer watching. He has a way of making himself invisible, as still and silent as a spy.

     

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rebecca woolf

Rebecca Woolf in LA

Who says becoming a mom means succumbing to laser tattoo removal and moving to the suburbs? This young writer and mother of one gives it to you Straight From the Bottle.

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