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The First Slam Dunk: Notes from a Rukawa Fangirl
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I would have given it six stars out of five if they used even one of the familiar opening/closing themes. My heart would’ve been totally annihilated. My husband and I finally saw The First Slam Dunk yesterday, Saturday, at… Continue reading
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The Unwriting Life
On the midnight of January 16, I received an invite to the awarding ceremonies of the 4th National Competition on Storybook Writing. Now, please don’t ask me to share the story that won; I don’t know. I sent three, and… Continue reading
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#DeGuzFam at 2 Years: Ramblings of a Millennial Wife
When I was young, I didn’t want a husband. I just wanted a daughter from adoption. And we will live in a fairytale cottage surrounded by pollenless flowers and bake lemon blueberry muffins in matching gingham aprons. Now with our… Continue reading
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A Very Short Short Story
While as a Catholic I don’t subscribe to the law of attraction, I sometimes think I manifested my daughter. I remember being younger and daydreaming of living in our little fairy tale cottage. In those daydreams, I and my little… Continue reading
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How to Teach Your Child to Be Humble
It takes a village to raise a child, an African proverb goes. But what if I do not trust the village? So I turn to the (rather sexist) Swahili alternative: whomsoever is not taught by the mother will be taught… Continue reading
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Bella Mackie: How to Kill Your Family (2021)
I used to think I was not like other girls because I prefer crime over romance. A study by Vicary and Fraley (2010), however, revealed that more women consume true crime books than men. I have not read the full… Continue reading
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Our Breastfeeding Journey
“Breastfeeding is best for babies up to two years.” You, too, have heard or seen this before – as a reminder after milk ads on TV or printed on the can of formula alongside a photo of a happy nursing… Continue reading
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