Posts in Our Bodies
SPAM. A lot.

My family has a love affair with SPAM. There isn’t a single memory of a childhood meal that does not somehow involve it. No occasion was too casual — or too fancy — for a slab of that porky goodness. I remember popping open my vinyl Care Bear lunchbox to find room-temperature SPAM in between two slices of wilting white bread…

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Accidentally earning my way out of my dream job

My husband and I have been talking about starting to try for a baby for years. But the cost of childcare, medical care, diapers, food, and a larger apartment just didn’t mesh with our current salaries. Childcare alone would roughly cost the same as my monthly take-home pay, and we’d already struggled to live on one salary.

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