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My Sons are White, So They're Safe

3/24/12 1:07pm by The Unnatural Mother
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This is my son. He's white so he’ll never pose a threat to anyone in his life because well, he’s white.While I hope it's true that he'll never pose a threat to anyone, I hope it's true because he's a good boy - not simply because he's white. But apparently that's not how people like George Zimmerman think.Instead, it seems some people have the perception that if you're white, you're okay, if you're black, you're a threat to all mankind.  Read more >

Walk It Off: I Want The Courage Of My Twelve Year Old Youth

3/14/12 1:46pm by The Unnatural Mother
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It’s the third inning of my softball game, I’m catching for one of the hardest throwing pitchers in my town’s league, and I’m talking 80 mph windmill pitch for twelve year olds.  I feel honored to catch for her but each time I do I’m also scared out of my mind. This pitcher throws hard, fast and each pitch stings my hand as if I have been stung by a jelly fish.  Read more >

20 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Had Children

3/3/12 5:48am by The Unnatural Mother
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After seeing and holding the newest member of our family I've realized that there is nothing as pure, beautiful and amazing as the sight of a new born baby, but the smell, the smell of a newborn so lovely, so clean, it actually reminded me of the air in Oregon, strange I know, but it did.  Read more >

Waving The White Flag: Working Moms vs. Stay at Home Moms

2/15/12 7:43pm by The Unnatural Mother
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The minute I read the title of this Forbes.com article Why Working Mothers Makes Us Angry I was pissed off, I went immediately into my “Working Mother” safe house with clenched fists, armor drawn, and my artillery ready to fire of  Read more >

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Deanna Verbouwens
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January 2010
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Deanna Verbouwens is a writer, blogger, runner, working mom of two unbelievably active and very funny boys ages 4 and 8; she has completed five (5) half marathons (training for number six(6)), two 24 hour relays, two (2) Triathlons, and countless 10 & 5k’s, of course that all between working full time, and managing spaghetti on the ceiling, a dumped out fish bowl, a house and a family.  To catch up on how Deanna tries to get it all done without completely failing visit her at The Unnatural Mother, www.theunnaturalmother.com.

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