Lisa Morguess
Lisa is a 40-something mom to six (yes, six!) kids and is married to a man who keeps her laughing. She blogs about her adventures as a mother, wife, and woman at Life As I Know It (http://lisamorguess.wordpress.com)
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On Prenatal Screenings, Down Syndrome, and Being Pro-ChoiceThe truth behind prenatal screenings and what it means to be pro-choice
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"Retarded": Breaking it DownBreaking down attitudes that drive derogatory language
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Blindsided: Navigating a Post-Cancer LifeDepression and anxiety in the aftermath of cancer.
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Life as a Happiness ProjectAppreciating sunshine through darkness
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Slow SuicideTrying to make sense of death by drug addiction
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Life As a Happiness ProjectThere's a book on the bestseller lists called The Happiness Project. I haven't read it, and I don't intend to. The title alone makes me squirm a little. Really? Happiness as a project? I have long been skeptical of formulas for happiness, and though I haven't read this book (and therefore, admittedl
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A Good Mother?I am often told that I'm a good mother. A great mother. An amazing mother. I don't say this to brag, but rather to illustrate perspective. People who say this to me are usually people who only have a skin-deep acquaintance with me. Not that the people who know me intimately don't think I'm a good mo
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Holiday Trauma Brought to You By The Elf On the ShelfThe holiday season is upon us, and with it come my usual threats to the kids to behave and be nice because Santa is watching. I don't know if it's that they don't believe me that Santa is watching, or if they are all gamblers at heart and just choose to play the odds, realizing that no matter how na
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Adventures in Bra BuyingDid you know that 80% of women wear the wrong size bra? I didn't know this either until I was informed by a good friend of mine recently. I've heard vague references from different friends over the years to getting professionally fitted for a bra. It was always something that kind of went in one ear
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User post: Open Letter to Parents Facing a Diagnosis of Down SyndromeDear New Parent/Parent-to-Be:First of all, congratulations on your new baby!You may be feeling shell-shocked right now, recently having learned that your baby has Down syndrome. You are probably feeling very frightened: what kind of health problems might my baby have? What does the future hold for h
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Unfriended: A New Way to SnubIt's sort of a strange thing to find that you've been unfriended by someone on Facebook. When an unfriending occurs, there is no proclamation or announcement or notification; the unfriended is just quietly removed from the unfriender's Friends List, and the unfriended will never know until such time
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User post: Parenting isn't for the faint heartedOut to dinner with a couple of girlfriends last night, my friend Lisa made a statement so fundamental and yet profound, that I am inspired to write about it and explore it in all its truth and glory. She said, "The hardest part of parenting, the most exhausting part, is the constant, never ending, t