Sometimes It Takes a Crisis to Bring Us Together
When the author and her wife learned their 18-month-old needed open heart surgery, it proved to be one of the most terrifying moments of their lives—and, to their surprise, uniquely life affirming.
Laura Leigh Abby
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Laura Leigh Abby is a writer and the author of '2Brides2Be: A Same-Sex Guide for the Modern Bride' and 'The Rush,' an Amazon Kindle Single. Her podcast “Seventeen: Conversations with My Teenage Self” can be found wherever you get your podcasts. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her wife and two young boys.
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It’s Okay to Hate Your Scars
Women are expected to minimize our trauma and love our scars. Ten years after the writer suffered a hit-and-run accident that took her ear, she realized she didn't have to embrace expectation.
I Didn’t Realize How I Felt About Abortion Until I Chose to Get Pregnant
GOP candidates Donald Trump and Mike Pence’s extreme anti-abortion views made this lesbian writer truly appreciate the distinction between being “pro-life” and “pro-choice.”
We Need to Do Something About the Animals
When the writer’s wife’s mother passed away, the couple was left with a profound sadness—and a house full of dogs, cats, birds, lizards, and fish.