Maggie Lamond Simone

Featured Book

Body Punishment: OCD, Addiction, and Finding the Courage to Heal

The author’s journey provides insight for the thousands of others who cut, starve, pick, drink, pluck, and purge in private to survive in public.

2015

Stories

Pinned

Maggie Lamond Simone

Losing my mother, again.

My mother died on Monday, May 20. For a reasonably expected event, it was stunningly unexpected … and it was the second time I’d lost her.

May 26

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Chapter Four: Purple Belt

Mar 2

Mar 2

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Becoming Our Parents — or, “Nice to meet you! I’m my mother!”

While lamenting her daughter’s latest eye-roll over something or other, a friend said, “The problem is, I remember this. I remember having…

Mar 2

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I wish I could make their lives easier — at least, easier than mine was.

“Remember when my school supplies consisted of some folders, pencils and crayons?” my daughter said, laughing, as we laid out our cart…

Mar 2

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I’ve never told my students what to think. At least, not yet.

Feb 23

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Remembering the days of menopause. And yes, recognizing the irony.

My son was upset the other night because he realized he’d only practiced piano a couple times throughout the week and his lesson was the…

Feb 17

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A Valentine Tradition

A Valentine’s Tradition

Feb 13

Feb 13

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Chapter Three: Orange Belt

“Orange is the symbol of the increasing power of the sun as it warms the earth and makes plants grow. The orange-belt student begins to…

Feb 11

Feb 11

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Ode to aging. A poem.

Ode to Aging … a poem.

Feb 10

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Winter break = vacations. Vacations = no stress. Except for me.

The purpose of a vacation, they say, is to make us feel better. It is an opportunity to escape from real life for awhile, to pamper…

Feb 8

Winter break = vacations. Vacations = no stress. Except for me.

Feb 8