Once I wrote a short story for Redbook magazine. In the story, thefictional daughter had my own daughter's habit of checking out her bangsin the reflection of the metal toaster oven. I had left themanuscript of the story on the kitchen counter and when my daughter readit, she was upset. You think I'm likethat awful girl in the story. Bless that editor at Redbook.
Some people only live a life.
Fern Kupfer is a novelist and writing professor at Iowa State University. She is a frequent contributor to Working Moms' Internet Refuge .