Tales from the Tracks

My family is not very religious. My ex is Protestant (but basically agnostic), I am Jewish (but basically agnostic), and our son is part-Protestant, part-Jewish, basically agnostic, with a Jewish godmother and a Muslim godfather (me and my ex’s respective best friends). If you followed all of that, nicely done.
Anyway, I am generally highly intolerant [...]

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It is Day 3 of The Visit from my mother and grandmother and somehow, my head hurts worse than it did yesterday. I’m three coffees and four Advil in right now, and my ex has a bottle of vino on hand for later this evening (though I think I may still be averse to alcohol after [...]

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So it’s Tuesday afternoon and here I sit with a massive headache. Today is Day 2 of The Visit (from my mother and grandmother). Here is a brief recap of some of the things that have occurred in the past 24 hours:

The first thing my mother said upon seeing me was, “You’re too skinny.”
On Day [...]

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