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“Cooking is like love; it should be entered into with abandon or not at all.”

SPOILER!!!

He’s fastening delicate chain behind my neck. Suspended from chain are thin circular bands of different colors of gold that interlock. I touch them gently. Spread out, they form globe. A world. Six bands of gold.

“You’ve become my world, Chloe,”

“I want you to remember that every time you look at this necklace, or feel it against your skin. Especially at work, where I can’t tell you myself.

She’s electric with fear, that full-body, full-throated screaming that babies have, where all the emotions pour out at once because there are no boundaries to contain them.

Her birth mother is Asian and Holly’s eyes are dark, but rounded. Chloe doesn’t talk much about the birth father, but I’m guessing he wasn’t Asian, given Holly’s features.

a thirty-page manual clearly written by Chloe, who should turn her talents toward writing pandemic preparation manuals for the CDC.

You know what would be great right now? One of those tanks from the Oxygen bar at O. There may be no scientific evidence to support the claim, but a hit of pure oxygen, scented like gin and tonic, would really take the edge off my separation anxiety. Breakfast of champions, zero calories and no prescription required. Pricey, though.

It’s my very own MulchingMama. According to the instruction booklet, by using the enclosed sample diapers (refills sold online for $150 per case) and processing the soiled diapers through my MulchingMama unit, I can turn Poop to Profit. And potentially save the planet.

“There should be another version called Married Twister,” he continues. “Or maybe just Twisted Together. Because when you’re together, the problems are shared. There are four hands instead of just two. If one of you has a hand on the mother-in-law circle, for example, the other person can cover the kids circle. You help each other stay balanced.”

“If Holly grows up seeing that you are scared of loving relationship, she will learn love is something to avoid. None of us want that little girl to ever have unhappy moment, but she will. What she needs to know is that she’ll get through it. Sadder but wiser, as my grandmother used to say. So you have to be her model. You have to be brave for her. You have to teach her that love is not chicken broth!”

“Look @ this – thick & full of good stuff, tomatoes & meat & spices … simmering for long time over low flame, so intense flavor. Chips on side for texture, sour cream for contrast. instead, I could have served chicken broth. Perfectly good, but thin & boring. you’d be just as hungry after you finished.” You can see why she is successful as health journalist. makes unusual connections to illustrate points.