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Debby: That's me. I'm 40, live in Seattle, within a twenty minute radius of my mother, father, sister, and friends who are family. I'm on leave from my job as a community college writing instructor. My main genre is poetry, but I'm moving into personal essay.

John: my partner, a fabulous cook. You could find out what we had for dinner by checking out his blog. We've been together 21 years.

Rose: our four year old daughter. Rose is shy, strong-willed, sweet, incredibly picky about food, kind of obsessive compulsive, loving, verbal, and has an excellent memory. She likes chocolate and playing on the rings. She really likes being with Miriam.

David: our son, age one. David is easy going, has sensitive skin, likes to bang on drums, shake maracas, and sleeps reasonably well. He really likes being with Rose.

Julia: my sister. We live six blocks apart, talk on the phone five times a day, and have dinner together at least half the week.

Dan: Julia's husband. He reads the kids four bedtime books a night.

Miriam (4.5) and Ariana (2.5): my nieces. Sometimes there are tussles over who gets to carry the purse or who gets to be the mommy, but basically when the kids are together (almost daily), they disappear upstairs and play.