Catherine Gigante-Brown
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Catherine Gigante-Brown Articles
Wrinkles or lifelines? Chunky or curvaceous? The choice is yours.
Read...I immediately developed a hot-and-heavy girlcrush on the wild, wacky, brash, candid, feminist, rubber-faced comedian—and you should too.
Read...“It’s almost as though this niche was patiently waiting for us to find it.”
Read...I left Cuba in 1949, when I was 11 years old. Back then, I didn't understand why my mother sent me away. I still don't.
Read...I thought cancer was behind me. Until I had a weird pain near my left ovary which lasted for several days. It felt a lot like ovulation...Only, at 56, that train had left the station a long time ago.
Read...Although America’s “lying in period” fell by the wayside in the 19th century with the disappearance of the frontier, it’s alive and well today in many cultures globally. Seclusion traditions where both mother and child recover and bond are still the norm in many cultures worldwide.
Read...Why, when I'm cool with being a salt-and-pepper chick, does it so clearly unnerve others?
Read...My husband and I agreed: raising a child with an independent spirit who made decisions for himself was a good thing.
Read...I saw my present mother-in-law in a whole new light the first time she held my newborn son.
Read...At first, I felt like an abandoned ten-year-old, dropped off at a remote summer camp—with the extra added attraction of no cell phone reception or Wi-Fi. I thought the hardest part of the weekend was going to be picking out a robe. Boy, was I wrong!
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