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A Child Is Murdered: I Shudder

3/21/12 5:42pm by corihoward
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For a former journalist, it’s quite embarrassing how infrequently I read the newspaper. But today, I was sitting in a café waiting for a meeting and I was a little early, so I picked up the paper. On the front page was a story a court case currently taking place in Canada investigating the brutal rape and murder of a young girl. The details sent chills up my spine, just as they did when the girl was abducted years ago. She was walking home alone after school and disappeared. At the time, we all guessed the grisly fate that befell her.  Read more >

Awkward: How One Simple Word Ruined my Daughter

1/24/12 4:10pm by corihoward
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One morning a few weeks ago, I walked into my daughter’s grade two classroom at lunch to bring her the pair of rain boots she had accidentally forgotten at home. When I peered in the doorway, I could see her sitting at her desk, her long, straight brown hair falling across her face, opening her lunch box. I walked quietly and gave her my million-dollar smile and leaned over to give her a kiss when the boy beside her says, “Awkward.”  Read more >

Facing Fears I Never Had Before I Became a Mom

1/19/12 2:00pm by corihoward
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It has been 9 years since I’ve been at an airport without my kids in tow. Nine years since I’ve flown alone. Nine years since I’ve been away from them for any significant length of time, aside from the odd sleepover. I know this is a shocking confession in our culture of “me time,” but it’s true. Until very recently, I have never wanted -- or “needed” -- to leave them. I spend enough time away from them at work. And they spend enough time away from me at school, their activities and with friends. But the real reason I haven’t left them is because of something that happened when my first-born, now 10, was just 18 months.  Read more >

Letting Go: One Woman's Struggle to Give Her Son Freedom

12/8/10 2:51pm by corihoward
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By Cori HowardIt was around 7:30 on a weekend morning when I heard the front door open and close. Snuggled in tight beside my little girl, I thought for a moment how odd it was that my 9-year-old son and my husband were going out so early. I wondered, briefly, where they were going and promptly, fell back asleep.When I woke up, they were both downstairs, barely able to contain their glee. “I went to 7-Eleven, mom,” said my son, hopping up and down. “By myself.”Confused, I looked at my husband. “What do you mean?” I asked.  Read more >

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Offers a series of online writing classes for moms and an e-workbook.

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Full Name
Cori Howard
Member Since
April 2009
About Me: 

Cori Howard is the founder of The Momoir Project, a series of online writing classes for moms. She's also the editor of the anthology, Between Interruptions: Thirty Women Tell the Truth about Motherhood and a regular contributor to magazines on the topic of motherhood and parenting. 

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journalist, writer and editor
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Vancouver

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