Once a upon a time, on July 9th my sweetheart was born. and I am beyond grateful. Happy Birthday Cookie! p.s. she rarely reads MM, but she might be convinced to come check out birthday messages 
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The Marzipan Spritzer*: lemonade (fresh is always best) sprig of rosemary a little gin a little prosecco (or club soda if you’d like it less boozy) garnish with a lemon *Hold the booze for a fantastic mocktail. Just dress it up a little by adding some soda water for the bubble factor. * So [...]
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When I first left my home with C behind, to move up to Boston to start grad school, I wrote a post about what to do when you’re lonely. At the time, I was in a really hard place, and I needed to structure my time so that I didn’t feel like I was going [...]
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Question: If my spouse told me he isn’t “as attracted to me since I’ve put on weight b/c he doesn’t like the body type I have” and we only have sex once a month or so (so like very little intimacy) and he shies away from physical affection and I can’t get passed this lack [...]
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This submission comes to us an anonymous contribution to Teen Week from an amazing and brave woman in our community. I want to thank her from the bottom of my heart for having the strength to share this story here, and all of you for bearing witness. Teeny, The TRUTH: IT IS NOT YOU and [...]
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Thanks to Trop 50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 fabulous wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to help grant a friend’s wish! So, this is a bit of a departure from typical Medicinal Marzipan as I don’t usually do any sort of [...]
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Marzipanlings, today I would like to share with you an amazing letter that I received, written by a mother to her daughter’s eating disorder. So often we become so consumed with discussing how disordered eating affects the individual, that we forget the impact that our struggles have on our loved ones and family members. I [...]
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This was meant to go out yesterday.. but *ahem* I got distracted by a whole lot of cookies and merry-making. xoxo what have y’all been doing to celebrate? and yes.. that is my dressed up, fancy, Christmas ficus. Don’t judge. I prefer to call it my Babar Christmas Tree.
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We adopted a chick. And though usually I have a NO pet policy because my heart is so quick to fall and latch on, we began naming her Olive, Violet, until finally settling on Rosie, though I usually called her Peep. Rosie had been abandoned by her mother. She had found C out on the patio, [...]
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