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A Clean Kitchen and Other Dangerous Omens
My kitchen had been spotless for six whole minutes—long enough for me to believe, briefly, that I had mastered both motherhood and the laws of thermodynamics. Then a fireball drifted down my staircase like it had an appointment with my face, and I realized two things: my children had somehow unlocked elemental magic, and the…
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Birds, Cats, and a Moody Dishwasher: An Ordinary Day
“James — plate, sink. Now.” Monica’s voice carried the kind of authority only a long-suffering mother could summon: equal parts command, prayer, and thinly veiled threat. Four-year-old James had inhaled his dinner at warp speed, eager to return to whatever Lego-based crisis was unfolding in the next room. On the floor, baby Tara giggled as…
Witch, Please 