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Kristi Rieger Campbell's passion is writing and drawing stupid-looking pictures for her blog, Finding Ninee. It began with a memoir about her special-needs son Tucker, abandoned when she read that a publisher would rather shave a cat than read another memoir. Kristi writes for a variety of parenting websites including Huffington Post Parents, has been published in several popular anthologies, received 2014 BlogHer's Voice of the Year People's Choice Award, and was a proud cast member of the DC Listen to Your Mother show. Find her on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.

Halloween costumes pretty much suck for women. Unless, of course, you want to be a Wonder Woman Skank and jiggle along the sidewalks of your neighborhood wearing tights while pretending that you’re 25 years 15 years younger. I’ve never been the Sexy Nurse, the Sexy Wonder Woman Skank, the Sexy Vampire (ok maybe I tried […]

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Today’s Our Land post has been written by a lovely and amazing person, who has generously contributed to The Land of Empathy and Wonder in the past. With the following post, she’s choosing to remain anonymous. Her anonymity obviously takes nothing away from her powerful and amazing words. I hope that you’ll let her know […]

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Once, when I was sound asleep, I thought I heard the Voice of God. It went something like this: Him: “Wake UP!” Me (still dreaming): “Huh? Who are you? God?” Him: “Damnit, get up!” Me, blurry-eyed, squinting, and looking up to see this:   He who turned out to be my dad: “You never had […]

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I know that I’m not alone in continually feeling like there’s not enough time for anything. Like all of us, there are moments when I’m at work and realize that I haven’t yet replied to a personal email, a blogger’s comment, or purchased my brother’s birthday card. While spending time with my son, I often […]

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Do you all remember my good friend Kenya from  Here’s the Thing? When you visit her today, you may not recognize her site from the last time she authored her most excellent Our Land post as she is less lazy (more design-oriented? Adventurous? Something!) than I am and recently did a(nother) blog redesign. I bet […]

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Years ago, back when I still prided myself on having good taste, I said that I’d never listen to crappy country music. Now that I have a husband who grew up in Tennessee and a four-year old boy with occasionally questionable taste in general, I’ve chilled out a little bit. Which means that I no […]

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