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the mother of my grandaughter’s mother: a grandmother’s quest to find the right name
Posted on September 2, 2014 by nikkimeredith in family, love of a mother, Mother-Daughter Relationships, pregnancy and childbirth.When my older sister announced her pregnancy, my mother announced, shortly thereafter, that she didn’t want to be called grandma, granny, gran or any variation of grandmother. I assumed it was because grandmother meant old and my mother, who had always shrouded her age in secrecy, didn’t want any clues to her age. She’d been […]
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can david hockney save my marriage?: one overly opinionated wife and her quieter husband
Posted on February 10, 2014 by nikkimeredith in family, marriage, odds and sods, unexpected adventures.When I first discovered David Hockney a couple of decades ago, his paintings thrilled me. I found the cobalt cerulean hues of his swimming pools irresistible and his particular rendering of the southern California light evoked a longing in me for my childhood. He once called that light extravagant and said it was one of […]
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jew-ish: the life and times of a one-sixteenth jew
Posted on October 30, 2013 by nikki in family, odds and sods, politics and religion, unexpected adventures.I am one-sixteenth Jewish. It’s funny to say it like that, but that’s what it comes down to on the family tree. And, I guess that’s how much Jewish I feel. One-sixteenth. How exactly does that translate? Most of the time I don’t feel Jewish, but I don’t feel not Jewish either. I feel Jewish-ish. […]
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living with chronic pain – someone else’s: part 2
Posted on May 7, 2013 by nikkimeredith in family, migraine and chronic pain.My husband walks in the door from work. I’m in the kitchen chopping vegetables. He kisses me and asks how I am. I shrug and then place the tips of my three middle fingers over my right eye – the sign that I have a migraine. “Oh no,” he says. “I’m so sorry.” And he […]
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living with chronic pain – someone else’s: part I
Posted on November 2, 2012 by nikkimeredith in family, friendship, health and beauty, migraine and chronic pain.I woke up this morning smiling. It was the first morning in three days that I didn’t have either searing pain behind my right eye or nausea. I took the dog for a walk with a sizable bounce in my step. I ate breakfast and after breakfast I took a shower and, as I towel-dried […]
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