Thursday, April 28, 2005

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Blog Never Written by Mommy Who Had Baby in the Days Before Blogs

Gail Konop Baker

December 3, 1988
I gave birth. Wow. Baby is a miracle. I could hold baby all day. Baby is reason Mommy was put on earth.

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December 5, 1988
Daddy is shaving. Baby is crying. Mommy is tired.

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December 6, 1988
Daddy is shaving. Baby is crying. Mommy is tired.

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December 7, 1988
Daddy is shaving. Baby is crying. Mommy is tired.

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December 8, 1988
Daddy is shaving. Baby is crying. Mommy hasn’t had a shower in two days. Mommy’s arms are numb from holding baby. Mommy is losing her fucking mind. Today Mommy doesn’t want to be a Mommy anymore. What about me? What about me? What about me?

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December 8, 1988
This is harder than I expected.

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December 8, 1988
I’m not having fun.

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December 8, 1988
It’s like I don’t exist.

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December 8, 1988
Anyone there?

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December 8, 1988
Send the author a comment.

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December 8, 1988
Anyone? Anyone?

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Gail Konop Baker’s work is published or forthcoming in Talking River Review, The Potomac, MOTA, The Danforth Review, Xanadu, Womansong, Pudding Magazine, Glass Review, and an anthology funded by the Ohio Arts Council. She recently completed her first novel.

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Dear ABBA

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