I am so sorry your husband and his family had to live through that. And also very, very glad that his mother only received probation. I hope everyone has found some means by which to heal.

I had HELLP Syndrome with my first and was on magnesium sulfate before, during, and for 24 hours after her birth. The whole first day is kind of foggy to me almost 8 years later, except for some clear snatches of time. People took pictures of me, but I have a hard time looking at them. I look awful, obviously, but I…

The summer before I went to college I briefly sat in on a trial where the accused was defending herself from a murder charge by claiming she had battered women’s syndrome. She was deaf—and knowing my hometown, i cannot imagine would have had any luck navigating the legal system or the DV system. So she shot her…

I don’t know. Mine may clock in at 30 minutes, but it’s usually a game of timing so that the bacon isn’t finished long before the pasta, which makes me then have to turn the stove off and wait until the pasta is done so that the fat isn’t scorching hot and burning the garlic before I put the pasta in. So even if it is…

Yeah, the Probate Court judge in my city wracked up something like $200,000 fighting a federal order to issue licenses. He was ordered to pay for it, so guess from where that money comes? Not his pocket.

The Confederados. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confedera…

Holy shit, she came to my kids’ school (private, so she only spoke to the upper school kids) and I about had a fit. My husband is the chaplain there, but I’ve already warned him that if she comes back I am standing in the audience and asking questions, clarifying information, etc. I have an MPH and give zero fucking…

My husband remembers learning about “the wedding dress.” If a girl has a white wedding dress but she wears it all the time before her wedding then by the time she gets married it’ll be all dirty and grimy and no man wants that shit.

Yes, exactly. He couldn’t care less about people; he cares about how he looks. Staci Fox indicated that they’re appealing the decision and as long as the appeal isn’t heard in state, I don’t think Bentley has much ground to stand on. Appellate courts and CMS have both said that funds can’t be restricted from an…

Well, come on...everyone would know “we are the best at football” is a total joke.

Mine too! I’d had HELLP Syndrome with my first and it was medicalized by necessity, but also my OB was a huge asshole (luckily not present at her birth), so I decided to go totally opposite with my second and went with a midwife who delivered in a hospital. She was incredible—let me do whatever I wanted in terms of…

I’m with them. I used it on my kids and they didn’t burn, but even with reapplication every 80 minutes (I’m kind of a pain in the ass about reapplying sunscreen), they both have very, very visible tan lines.

Judy DeSarno is my old boss! She’s pretty awesome in her own right. I remember being in a meeting shortly after she went to Buffett and just being so overwhelmed with how cool it was that she was giving money on their behalf to such important causes.

I’m so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing. I had second trimester miscarriage due to triploidy and when my husband and I were discussing this earlier in the week I told him I hoped to everything that our baby’s remains were used in medical research. To think that our loss could help others is wonderful.

Not to mention the unbearable pain when your breasts get hard as rocks.

Ugh, there’s one in Gulf Shores, AL like that, too. It’s the saddest thing.

Same! I turned to my husband and was like “I think I like Kanye. Was not expecting that.”

It’s easy to say “oh, yes, *they* should get it, but *my* child does not need it!”

I know this was last night and no one will see this today, but I was a part of a lobbying team that got the vaccine mandatory in 2007 in DC and Virginia. Our reason was that, particularly in DC, the mortality rate from cervical cancer was extremely high and affected African American women in large numbers. Most of…

Whoa, I read this as “Bush” at first and was like “which one?!? Holy shit!”