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Melissa O Marietta


My Mom Worked at a Lunatic Asylum and Then Watched Me Have a Mental Health Crisis
They met at the Northampton Lunatic Asylum in 1970. She had been there since she was 16. She threw up from nerves on the first day after...
Melissa Marietta
Jul 8, 202312 min read
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My Mom Had One Rule and I Broke It
I sat at my mother's dining room table with my finger up my left nostril. I had an audience of septuagenarians, who seemed mildly...
Melissa Marietta
Jan 5, 20235 min read
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IMPORTANT: Statewide Bra-Mandate Update from Your Local School District
Bras become a thing of the past in a school near you Dear Families, I hope this email finds you healthy and rested. I also hope you each...
Melissa Marietta
Mar 31, 20222 min read
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I Can Still Play Pretend, Even in a Pandemic
Today I’m going to pretend there’s not a pandemic. I’m going to get up very early and go to the gym. I’m going to squeeze myself into...
Melissa Marietta
Jan 22, 20222 min read
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Elizabeth Holmes Tried to Change the World and is Now on Trial for Fraud
I wondered if my text exchanges were like hers. I am addicted to following the Elizabeth Holmes trial. Holmes, nicknamed The Dropout, was...
Melissa Marietta
Dec 28, 20215 min read
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Things I Lost and Wasted Time Searching for This Week
A brief summary of items misplaced, recovered, and occassinally misplaced again. Keys Purse Phone Hat Gloves Scarf Phone Scissors Tape...
Melissa Marietta
Dec 24, 20211 min read
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What My Teen Daughters and I Fought About This Week
I moved a pair of boots from under a chair to the mudroom. She got something sticky on her coat and I didn’t know and didn’t wash it.* I...
Melissa Marietta
Dec 15, 20211 min read
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What My Husband and I Argued About This Week: The Encore
Not taking things out of the dryer in a timely manner Not closing the bathroom door while pooping Pooping for too long Using too much...
Melissa Marietta
Dec 8, 20211 min read
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What My Husband and I Have Argued About This Week
It is Wednesday. Here are the things my husband and I have fought about this week. Who stepped in the dog shit right between our cars Who...
Melissa Marietta
Dec 1, 20211 min read
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