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Your Baby is a Bastard

Bastard (definition): A person born of parents not married to each other. After you get married, it seems like the first question people ask you is, “When are you having kids?”  If you've had a baby, but haven’t gotten married, people ask you, “Well, when’s the wedding?” I have a 5-month-old son named Alexander. His father and I have been together for three years. We are not married. At least once a week, someone makes it their business to let…

“Where’s Your Mom?”

[caption id="attachment_874" align="alignleft" width="381"] My mother and me as 4-month-old.[/caption] It’s a question I’ve been hearing for most of my life. The short answer is “I don’t know.” Although we've sent text messages to each other, the last time I saw my mother was December 25, 2015. This past Christmas, she mailed a gift. The return address listed a post office box in a city 45 minutes away from where I live. Growing up, my mom told me stories about…