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Irish Boxty Potato Cakes and The Potato Famine: One Million To Remember

by Cailin Gallagher

My Irish grandmother made this recipe on a cast-iron pan over an open turf fire. Boxty (pronounced Bocshthy) is a potato recipe that originated in North Connaught and Southern Ulster. My family is from the... published 5 months ago

14 comments    family food how

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Borderline Personality Disorder: A Mother's Day Guide for Adult Children

by Cailin Gallagher

As an adult child of a mother with Borderline Personality Disorder, Mother's Day is an especially challenging day. For years, I struggled to understand my mother's emotional push-me pull-you on most... published 5 months ago

14 comments    family advice home

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My Son John's Verbal Apraxia: A Communication Disorder

by Cailin Gallagher

A Parent's Intuition is Usually Right: Listen to Your Inner Voice John was a year and a half when we started to worry. At first, we used the excuse that he was a boy. The old wive's tale is that boys speak... published 5 months ago

11 comments    health family advice

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Single Parents' Guide to an Affordable and Fun Camping Vacation

by Cailin Gallagher

Summer is here and single, money-strapped parents are stressing out over the kid's vacation plans. What's a single parent on a limited budget to do? The answer is simple, fun and cheap. The all-American... published 5 months ago

2 comments    family advice home

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A Short Story: The Apron

by Cailin Gallagher

In the beginning, she relished preparing family meals. Looking up old recipe books that she dug up from the recycling center. The original Betty Crocker. Her trusty Pepperidge Farm. The Bisquick cookbook.... published 5 months ago

2 comments    love family children

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Irish Chicken Stew with Jewish Roots

by Cailin Gallagher

The Story of My Grandmother's Chicken Stew This chicken stew recipe has been handed down in my family from Delia Gallagher, my maternal grandmother. She lived in New York City in the 1920s during the Great... published 5 months ago

2 comments    family food children

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