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Aimee Terravechia

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High Anxiety: Learning to Fail Before College

Aimee Terravechia
3/16/16 11:22pm
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I have been teaching college students for a little over two years. Without fail, I have at least one student per semester who breaks down crying, one who drops out of college completely, and several who fail their courses. I could be cynical about these facts. I could blame the “snowflake” mentality that the parents…

In Transition 

Aimee Terravechia
2/23/16 12:15am
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When my husband came out to me I had already known for a while. The past year had been filled with lies—about where he had been, what he was doing, who he was with. I could tell that he had been lying, but I could not yet detect the truth. And then I read an article about a woman who found out her husband was gay late…

Don't Ever Ask Me for My Daughter's Hand

Aimee Terravechia
6/06/15 6:52pm
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After I had successfully wrangled and sedated (with milk and bedtime stories) my toddler last night, I plopped myself on the couch. Generally, once the little one is in bed, I try to unwind by eating all of the junk food I can’t eat in front of her and watching all of the television I can’t watch in front of her. It’s…

No Longer Viable: Purging the Pain of My Miscarriages

Aimee Terravechia
5/26/15 3:15pm
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I had my first miscarriage on Christmas Eve. Three days before I had heard the words “no longer viable” during an ultrasound. It had been my second scan in as many weeks. I was ten weeks pregnant.

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