To the Parents Saying Goodbye
I’m awake. It’s 4 a.m. Just 45 minutes ago, I heard the garage door open and close for the last…
Continue ReadingI’m awake. It’s 4 a.m. Just 45 minutes ago, I heard the garage door open and close for the last…
Continue ReadingGather round young moms of babies and toddlers. I have a story to tell. I went to the gym. By…
Continue ReadingTwo years ago, my daughter got sick. Very sick. Her body began attacking her brain. As we watched her slip…
Continue ReadingWhen I left the hospital, mother’s guilt came with me. Smuggled in the diaper bag. Crouching beneath the car seat.…
Continue ReadingAhh, having a baby. That glorious, sacred beauty of ushering new life into the world, when the miracle your body…
Continue ReadingSometimes on my nightly drives, I spot, in distant yards, sheets on a line. Some of them haphazardly strewn across,…
Continue ReadingOver the next two weeks, you’ll see countless photos of smiling kids on their first days of school. I have…
Continue ReadingYou don't need me for a lot of things, but you're not done needing me yet. You're becoming a man-child…
Continue ReadingThere are certain things in life you never should do. Some you learn as a child: Don’t play with matches.…
Continue ReadingGiiiiirrrrllll, I feel you. I mean, I feel you. So. Hard. I cried when I took my boy to preschool…
Continue ReadingJesus, hug all the mamas tonight. Hug the expectant mamas feeling kicks and hiccups for the first time. Hug the…
Continue ReadingI could spot her a mile away. It was the first time I’d seen her out since after the baby.…
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