LGS off to Italy
Last Girl Standing is off to Italy to cap off her international wedding tour; she’ll be attending her uncle’s nuptials in Rome before retreating to a villa in Tuscany for a week with her family.
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Week 23: A Pox on Our House
Our cushy little pregnant world, where the deepest problem to this point involved sharing the bathroom, exploded today. The phone rang at my desk, and it was Sarah, who had that amused-but-troubled ring to her voice. “You’ll never guess what happened. I just got exposed to chicken pox.”
The inside of my stomach dropped so fast, I checked my shoes for my lower intestines. Sarah is always showing off about how she’s never had chicken pox…
Week 22: Chat Womb
Three interesting developments this week:
1. My wife’s gross motor movements have gotten worse. Sarah has many strengths, but grace ain’t one of them. Her fingers are starting to swell, so it’s hard for her to hold onto things, and her vision sucks, which means every time I look over, she’s spilling soup or bumping into walls or poking herself in the eye. It’s like my own personal episode of the 1 1/2 Stooges.
2. She can’t remember a damn thing. Recently, she lost her driver’s license, and when I suggested looking in the black hole that has become our car, she insisted it wasn’t in there. I bet her a dollar…
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The 17 Faces of Karen
Chicago psychotherapist Dr. Richard Baer, author of a remarkable new book on a woman with multiple personality disorder, talks about his treatment of this astonishing case.
Crossing Over
After her father, the popular sports reporter, passed away, broadcaster Jennifer Weigel suspended her disbelief and tried to communicate with the dead.
Steve Stone in Exile
Three years ago, after a simmering feud with Cubs players and management, the popular broadcaster Steve Stone resigned from the Cubs, though his affection for the team and for Chicago never wavered. Now, with new ownership likely to take over he waits—often at the bar at Harry Caray’s—hoping for a summons to the front office.
The Audacity of Hillary
Hillary Clinton might be the Dems’ presidential front-runner, but the trip to the White House makes a stop in Obama Country. Can the hometown girl beat the state’s favorite son on what’s now his home turf?
Bolingbrook—C’est Moi!
He weeps, he insults, he builds lavish projects, and Mayor Roger Claar sees in his own journey—from chubby outsider to powerful Republican—a parallel to the booming emergence of his town.
The Deadly Difference
Black women in Chicago are far likelier to die of breast cancer than white women, resulting in a disparity that’s nearly double what it is nationally. This pattern of racial inequality shows up locally with other diseases—evidence that Chicago is failing at narrowing its racial divide in health. Why? And what must be done?