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A Mommy By Any Other Name is Still a Mommy

Hairdresser: What’s your mommy’s name?

The hairdresser scans the salon/kids’ shop for me because she has finished cutting my daughter’s hair. I’m standing behind a crowded clothes rack, so she can’t see me.

Madeline: Mommy.

Hairdresser: No, her real name.

Madeline: Her name’s Katie, but her real name is Mommy.

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· June 28, 2008 · · Filed Under: Tales from the Trenches

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  1. Dan and Janet Brungardt says

    June 28, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    Ha, that made me laugh. I have the kids say their first, middle, and last names sometimes for practice and then I ask, what is my name? The answer?
    Mommy Mommy Mommy

Hi, I’m Kate

 

I'm the author of two nonfiction books Getting Past Perfect and Weightless, a storyteller*, overthinker, eating disorder survivor, mom of five, book junkie, socially awkward nerd as well as a speaker (so basically a walking and talking contradiction), and a perfectionist in recovery.

I am currently working towards my MFA in Fiction at Warren Wilson. Thank you to everyone who has read my drafts, offered feedback, and cheered me on. The writing life is often solitary, but I wouldn’t be here without a community of support.

 

*Imperfect motherhood story for Rabbit Box (no children will harmed in the telling of the story and Mom had permission to share this video)

*Some BODY to Love story for Rabbit Box

 

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