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Below is a slice of LesbianDad life: a baker’s dozen of readers’ favorites. If you’re visiting the blog for the first time and are interested in looking at past material, here’s where I’d encourage you to start.
In the interests of staving off repetitiveness — or redundancy! — I haven’t included any post that is among the Five Most Commented Upon tally on the front page.
For the bullet-point crowd, the post LD is one today provides a quick summary of blogular highlights from year one. (As of March 2, 2007)
Happy Blogging for LGBT Families Day!
My entry for Mombian’s Blogging for LGBT Families Day, 2006: what I learned at my first Pride as a parent. June 1, 2006
Who’s the daddy?
A father’s day rumination, with a twist. June 19, 2006
Plus ça change, or Prides I have known
An account of my second Pride as a parent (June 2006), a wistful yet contented reflection on how the times they are a-changin’. June 27, 2006
Mommy wars, the lesbian episode, pt 1
First of a two-part bit on the political ramifications (or lack thereof?) of lesbian motherhood. Part two tucks into this one in a link at the end of it. August 2, 2006
That boy in the blue sweater is a girl
A short Gender 101, with my Pops as ever-useful foil. November 15, 2006
Subordination
The pain of the Also-Ran parent. November 22, 2006
Ten things I have in common with Dads
If the “Dad” part of “LesbianDad” doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, these commonalities might help clarify things a bit. December 28, 2006
Tilt!
In which Hurricane Toddler finally hits. And we all say “Ouch!” February 5, 2007
Ten high and low points in one day (Adoption Day)
The rollercoaster ride of second-parent adoption ends with a BANG! not a whimper. February 10, 2007
Things are different now, part 1
Parenthood has changed me, and an auntie decathlon at the state fair provides the backdrop for this realization. May 3, 2007
It’s all relatives
A response to Peggy Orenstein’s NY Times magazine piece on egg donation: she left something out. July 19, 2007
Thanks giving
The faint tendril of hope that is the post-miscarriage pregnancy, brought by a bird in the snow (leading, as so many things do, to gratitude for my children). November 22, 2007
Confessions of a Lesbian Dad (link to the first in a six-part series)
A previously published essay, meted out in six excerpts, answering the pressing question: How did I become a Baba? January 25 - February 1, 2008
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