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Where Were You When I Needed You?

I am still very bitter and very sad about my relationship with God. Honestly, when I think of God, he makes me cry. I don’t know whether I’m crying because I feel he’s a bad father, or whether I’m crying…

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I Got Pregnant and All I Got Was This Muffin Top

Me: I took down a lot of good notes here. Thank you for all of this. No raw meat or seafood, nothing unpasteurized. No deli meat, nitrates, or runny eggs. No sprouts. I’ve cut out the caffeine and the alcohol…

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Are You There God? It’s Me Catherine

Up until recently, my faith in God was unshakable. If you had asked me then why I was religious and why I believe, I always said the same thing: When I ask, God listens. So when the doctor told us…

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How to help after a miscarriage

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Helping Us Heal: How to Help After a Miscarriage

We were hanging out with friends this weekend and they mentioned first and foremost how sorry they were that we had miscarried. The tears started falling down my cheeks and Dean said, “She’s still taking it pretty hard.” Honestly, I…

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Baby Steps

Today was especially hard. For some reason I got to thinking of Christmas, which was the approximate due date for the baby. Isn’t that fantastic? I now have both Mothers Day and Christmas to be melancholic. So I had a…

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Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

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