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The Holidays Really Do Happen at Home

  • January 2, 2012
  • by Jennifer
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We’re home from home. Over two weeks, we saw friends and family, ate at all our favorite burrito joints, and put considerable miles back on the truck as we zigged and zagged between our mothers’ two homes and those of … Continue reading

Boogie-ing in Punta de Lobos

  • January 12, 2011
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The Point at Punta de Lobos, Chile So, I may be a boogie boarder after all. Just as 2011 may be the year of taking on new adventures and new identities: I was fortunate enough to marry the most wonderful … Continue reading

Part V: Getting (Back) Up

  • November 6, 2010
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Thanks to Club Ed It was all meant to be. After three rescheduled lessons in as many weeks, after storm-induced 10-12 foot swells earlier in the week, Ed was right: Things settled down. Not only that. The temperature reached well … Continue reading

Part III: Patience

  • November 2, 2010
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The Rocks at Kelly’s Cove, Ocean Beach, SF In the words of Duke Kahanamoku, the famed great-grandfather of the sport who surfed his native Oahu and waves the world over (he is credited with launching the sport in Australia at … Continue reading

Part II: The First Time

  • November 2, 2010
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Cowell’s Beach, Santa Cruz, CA You never forget the first time. Mine was half my life ago at Cowell’s Beach in Santa Cruz, appropriately known as the first place on the North American continent to be surfed. In 1885, three … Continue reading

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I’m a writer, editor, mother, and heart collector.

In 2012, I joined the pregnancy and infant loss community when we lost our first child, Lorenzo, during my second trimester. I subsequently miscarried, as one in five pregnancies do. I am now parenting after loss and writing about our journey in the The New York Times, The Washington Post Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Literary Mama, and here. I’m also a longtime magazine contributor and editor who lived in Chile for a while.

Sharing our story has taught me that vulnerability summons strength and solidarity—no one should have to feel alone.

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