Author: Lauren Nolan

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The Top Three Worst Questions I’ve Been Asked as a Parent

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There’s something about being pregnant, or having small children, that causes people to think its perfectly acceptable to ask inappropriate questions. Here’s the worst three I’ve been asked in my time; Wow you’re so big, is it twins? With both of my pregnancies I got asked this a lot, and it was always very unwelcome. Now when I look back I probably overreacted a bit but I was so fed
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The God Question

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Four year old Frank was sitting with his brother in the bath this week and out of nowhere asked me; ‘do you believe in God, mama?’. I paused before offering up a classic deflection technique; ‘well, what do you believe?’ He didn’t skip a beat – ‘you first’. Damn it. I was raised Catholic but my family aren’t especially devout; as is often the case my Grandparents are, but my parents less
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