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The Life & Death of a Wolf Named 42

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

It’s mating season for wolves in Yellowstone, and the alpha male of the Druid Peak pack sits alone on a snowy ridge, howling mournfully. His mate, whose only name was the number 42, is dead. One of Yellowstone’s oldest wolves at eight, 42 was killed by a rival pack the previous night.

She was also known as the "Cinderella wolf, " because of her overnight transformation from submissive female to dominant female, and she was featured in two National Geographic TV specials. She was one of the original 31 Canadian wolves transplanted to Yellowstone to kick off the wolf restoration effort in the Northern Rockies.

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So I'm Not Your Average Parent

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

I've spent the majority of my life being underestimated, for so many reasons. Because I'm a woman, because I had blond hair, because I like to laugh and have fun, because I'm not ugly, because I had a drinking problem, because I come from a rocky past, because I have 5 children, because I'm not rich ... the list goes on. I've always fought against it, while gritting my teeth and going out of my way to prove people wrong, acting solely out of spite if not the desire to succeed where people assume I should fail. I've discovered the only thing more obnoxious than being underestimated: having the abilities of my children underestimated.

I am NOT your average parent. I did not go into this thinking that children were to be seen and not heard, or that children were mindless drones with no thoughts of their own. I've spent the last 14 years enforcing some major rules with my kids, and am happy to know that they stuck. Want some examples?

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