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Learning a Strawberry Flavored Lesson
By Melissa Doak
“Hey Missy,” said Vicky Porter, lying on the mat next to mine. “Do you think we’ll get ice cream for snack today?”
Our kindergarten class was housed with the other kindergartens in a small trailer set apart from the “big”...read more |
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The Accidental Adoption
By Melissa Doak
Okay, you’re probably thinking there’s no such thing as an accidental adoption.
After all, in order to adopt you must do a variety of things that you can hardly do without meaning to. Things like showing caseworkers your home. Leaving...read more |
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Sex Education. Lesbian Style.
By Melissa Doak
I was only five years old when my brother was born. It was my mother’s growing belly that prompted my questions about where babies come from. My mother gave me both more information than I needed, as a kindergartner, and less. Really, I think some...read more |
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Beating My Head Against a Wall; Or, Whatever Happened to the Separation of Church and State?
By Melissa Doak
At times like these all kinds of clichés run through my head. I’m definitely beating my head against the wall. Or chanting the mantra “same *%$#@ problem, different *%$#@ day.” (Fill in the blanks depending on how bad your mood...read more |
Tags: separation of church and state, christmas, not your average fairy tale | | Filed under: Columnists | Not Your Average Fairy Tale
In Search of Romance
By Melissa Doak
I am a hopeless romantic. I’m downright addicted. I own every Bogart and Bacall movie on DVD, and can recite the most flirtatious lines at will. I’m right with Audrey Hepburn as she falls in love with William Holden and Humphrey Bogart in...read more |
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The Ghosts of Halloweens Past
By Melissa Doak
Take One: Saadia in kindergarten. Only a few short and stormy months since she came to me. I was hanging on by a thread. My once-promising relationship with my fairly new girlfriend was on rocks… apparently it really killed the romance for her...read more |
Tags: halloween, costumes, not your average fairy tale, same sex parenting | | Filed under: Columnists | Not Your Average Fairy Tale
A Coming Out Story
By Melissa Doak
“You know what Miss Feldman told us today,” said a conspiratorial voice from the back seat. “She’s gay... EWWWW!!!”
At the outset I have to say I have changed the names here to protect the guilty. The girl who made this...read more |
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