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Conversations With My Former Self: Strollers

Conversations With My Former Self: Strollers

Something told me I needed to head off to the Baby Store, so off I went…and there was my former self circa 2009. “Welcome to the Big-Box Baby Store! You’ve been browsing here an awful lot lately, haven’t you?” “Well yeah…Annie’s due in five months.” “Yeah…you’re going to procrastinate on putting together the crib and changing table anyway. Are you nervous?” “Not yet, I don’t think it’s sunk in yet.” “I remember you back then. You actually are more than…

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Conversations With My Former Self: Diapers

Conversations With My Former Self: Diapers

I sometimes wonder what my thoughts would have been if pre-parent me were to be given a glimpse of modern me. What would he be thinking? He, (pre-parent me) would witness me (modern me) taking out the trash: “What’s with the long tubular blue-tinted trash bag?” He thought. I stopped and looked at him with a wry smile, “This is poop!” “Did you just read my mind?” “I didn’t need to. You are me. I just know what you’re thinking.”…

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