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Leah Campbell

I’m pretty much exactly like Lorelei Gilmore. Except I live in Alaska, my parents aren’t rich and Luke is late with my coffee.

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When You’re the One Who’s Broken

When You’re the One Who’s Broken

Realizing that I couldn't conceive was a grieving process. Now I fear it will it be a deal-breaker for future love interests.

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About

Leah Campbell is a single mother by choice, after a serendipitous series of events led to the adoption of her daughter in 2013. Author of the book, Single Infertile Female, she has perfected the art of dancing in the rain, scaring men away and tripping at inopportune moments.

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leahcampbellwrites.com

Hometown

Anchorage, AK

Kids

1

Fun Facts

If I could swap places with someone for a day, it would be:

Lady Gaga because Taylor Kinney.
3 things I can’t live without:

Chapstick, cheese and my little girl.
Proudest parenting moment:

The first time my daughter peed in the woods — Alaskan girl, through and through!

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Dear Friends: I Love You, But I Won’t Be Coming to Your Wedding

Dear Friends: I Love You, But I Won’t Be Coming to Your Wedding

I know what you're thinking: "Who doesn’t love an excuse to get on a plane and go somewhere for a party?" I’ll tell you who: Moms.

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Amber Tamblyn Writes Powerful Op-Ed on Sexual Harassment: “I’m Done With Not Being Believed”

"There are not two sides to every story."

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‘The Fosters’ Highlights One of the Hardest Challenges of Adoption We Rarely Talk About

For parents by adoption, making room for your child's bio parent isn't always easy. Take it from me.

Entertainment

To My Faraway, Pregnant Friend: Now More Than Ever, I Wish I Could Be There

Motherhood has a way of making distance feel even greater,

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Why This Moment Between Gal Gadot and a Young ‘Wonder Woman’ Fan Has Us Choked Up

We needed an amazing female superhero movie like this one; probably more than we even realized.

Entertainment

I Shared My Daughter’s Diagnosis and All Strangers Want to Do Is Blame It on Vaccines

"I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that vaccines did not do this."

Parenting

Study Says Kids of Single Moms By Choice Are Just As Happy As Those in Two-Parent Families

Single mothers by choice are just as capable of raising happy, successful, well-adjusted children as any other family might be.

Parenting

It’s Been 10 Years Since I Donated My Eggs — Here’s What I Wish I’d Known Then

Somewhere in this world are two children who share my genes. And I'll never get to know them.

Body & Mind

My 4-Year-Old’s Medication Could Leave Her Infertile — and It’s Tearing Me Apart

My daughter needs to be on this medication — but I'm scared.

Parenting

He Ended His Life Before We Even Had a Chance

Now there’s no hope. No possibility. No promise for the future. There’s nothing. And when I think about that, I just feel so … sad.

Relationships

Not Every Parent Needs a Break From Their Kid

Not Every Parent Needs a Break From Their Kid

To each parent their own. Let's just stop judging.

Parenting

I Know My Daughter Doesn’t Look Like Me — Please Stop Telling Me She Does

My adopted daughter and I share qualities far beyond what we see in the mirror.

Parenting

I Want My Daughter to Know That It’s OK to Sometimes Fall Apart

I want her to know that life has its ups and downs. That we can be sad and still swing back to happy again.

Body & Mind

My Kid Is a Total Tattletale and It Bugs the Hell Out of Me

My Kid Is a Total Tattletale and It Bugs the Hell Out of Me

Teaching her the difference between speaking up when something's wrong and being a snitch has grown, shall we say, complicated.

Parenting

When Cutting a Family Member Out of Your Life Is the Only Choice

Sometimes, blood isn't always thicker than water.

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Please, Stop Asking Me When I’m Going to Try Having “My Own” Baby

My daughter is every bit my own and more, thank you very much.

Parenting

I’m a Single Mom Who Relies on the Affordable Care Act, and I’m Terrified to Lose It

I’m a Single Mom Who Relies on the Affordable Care Act, and I’m Terrified to Lose It

If the ACA is repealed without a replacement plan in place, I stand to lose everything.

Parenting

A Thank You to My Tribe, from a Single Mom Who Couldn’t Have Done It Without You

A Thank You to My Tribe, from a Single Mom Who Couldn’t Have Done It Without You

When my daughter was sick. When I couldn't get a sitter. You were there through it all — and I can't thank you enough.

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As a Woman, I Don’t Have the Luxury of Leaving the House Without My Guard Up

Parenting

To My Daughter’s Birth Mother: Our Door Is Always Open

To My Daughter’s Birth Mother: Our Door Is Always Open

I don’t know how you did it. I don’t know how you had the strength to make the choices you did. But I'm eternally grateful that you were.

Parenting

To Be Honest, Disciplining My Toddler Sucks More for Me Than It Does For Her

To Be Honest, Disciplining My Toddler Sucks More for Me Than It Does For Her

This thing called "follow-through"? Yeah ... that's not something I seem to have.

Parenting

I’m Genuinely Afraid That I’m Never Going to Have Sex Again

I’m Genuinely Afraid That I’m Never Going to Have Sex Again

I never thought I'd have to choose between motherhood or love, but after becoming a single mom, my circumstance is a little well, different.

Parenting

The Fear That Keeps Me Up at Night Now That I’m a Mother

As a single mother, I grapple with the knowledge that if anything were to happen to me, another parent wouldn't be right there to step in.

Parenting

I Would Rather My Child Be Bullied Than Be the Bully

I Would Rather My Child Be Bullied Than Be the Bully

Parenting

What Makes a Mom “Real”?

Through the beauty of adoption, my daughter has two mommies. We're both "real" — and I hope to honor that always.

Parenting