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The Children I Never Had
The idea of parenting alone felt impossible.
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Don’t Tell Me What To Do
Or think, or feel, or how to wear my hair…
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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A Daily Dose of Radical Acceptance and Joy
I begin to learn by practicing with my girl; she teaches me tenderness.
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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Solo Flight
One arm out in front of me, doing my best Captain Marvel impersonation
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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On The Power of Names
A conversation with little Nan
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The Spy Who Loves Me
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Less Than Zero
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Pay to Play? No Way.
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The Sparkle In Her Eyes
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So, How Long Is YOUR Resumé?
I probably have you beat…
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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Sorry, Not Sorry.
The more I understood about the value of amends, the more I started to understand the value of an authentic apology.
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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Here's Mud In Your Eye
I was young, I was cool, I was free, and somehow, I was pretty brave.
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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Read Me A Story
As a young child, my mother read to me every night. She was the bedtime storyteller.
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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A Spoonful of Something
I began to use illness––real or invented––to avoid things that were uncomfortable or overwhelming.
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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Cake.
I was accomplishing things I’d never imagined I could. Successful in my business, hanging with my beautiful friends, new and old, things were falling…
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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The Sparkle In Her Eyes
I knew I had to get specific. I named my desire: I wanted a partner, so I made a list.
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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What Are You NOT Eating These Days?
That question is a nod to my history of eating behaviors, my “dieting” behaviors, my “I’m going to find the cure to my food issues” behaviors.
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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Soda With That Slice?
I confessed to her that when I was a teenager and used to babysit her kids, I’d found some of her husband Jack’s Playboy magazines.
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Nan Tepper [she•her]
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