Pet Prose: Portia

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“Nobody plans to have this many children. When it happens, you deal.

I used ten percent discipline to ninety percent love. You need rules. Structure. You also need to make time for yourself. Getting a good hair day and feeling fit can help a little with the lack of sleep and the demands on your time.

It also helps if you adopt them all out when you stop breastfeeding. Kidding. (But not really.)”

Portia in her self-help book Portia’s Parenting Pointers.

I take photos. I write. My volunteer job is taking photos of rescued dogs and cats transported by the rescue group whose records I manage. Since working and volunteering don’t leave me a lot of time to write, I’m spending 2017 borrowing from what these dogs and cats are writing. They said it’s okay.

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