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vomiting

Vomiting, Turning 40, and Husbands

I was born four days after my mom’s 30th birthday. I know this because every year I hear the story of how my mom spent her 30th birthday sitting on the basement steps vomiting. Four days later, I emerged and completed the purge. Four days ago, my mom turned 70. Which means today I’m 40. […]

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