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Daisy Alpert Florin is a writer and mother of three.Her essays and stories have appeared inBrain,Child, Full Grown People,Halfway Down the StairsandMamalode,among other publications.Visit her atwww.daisyflorin.com.

My Daughter Wants to Quit Her Flute Lessons,But I Won't Let Her

Daisy Alpert Florin

"I'm giving you a gift you'll thank me for later!" I shouted."I never asked you for that gift!" Ellie screamed back."I hate that gift!"My 10-year-old daughter and I were… arguing about her flute lessons again.Things had gotten so bad,her teacher had written me an email with the subject line "Ellie happiness :)." "I am still confused about Ellie," she wrote."I've been trying different strategies and feel that I'm missing the boat." She suggested that we meet with her colleague Michele,someone…>> Read More

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My Son's Bris Was Going Fine–Until I Needed to Prove I'm Jewish

Daisy Alpert Florin

The smell of butter and onions from the omelette station drifts upstairs to the room where I am changing into my mother-in-law's clothing.It is the day of my son Sam's bris,and even though I… gave birth eight days earlier,I still look like I'm five months pregnant.My stomach is loose and flabby and looks like a wrung-out piece of cheesecloth.My previously non-existent breasts have ballooned to C-cups.None of my own clothing fits me so my mother-in-law,Annette,who has arranged,paid for,and is hosting this…>> Read More

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