I’m Made To Be Your Mother
I may not be the best singer, but you want me to sing you to sleep every night. I may…
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I may not be the best singer, but you want me to sing you to sleep every night. I may…
Continue ReadingHer scream was primal. She cried out in pain, grasping her stomach, “MOMMY, MOMMY . . .” I raced up…
Continue ReadingI watch my wrecked world suddenly explode. Like Princess Leia, it is from a safe distance. Unlike Princess Leia, I…
Continue ReadingYou enter the world, and our hearts explode. We cradle you in tenderness, and I wish you would remember .…
Continue ReadingThe other night I read something that stopped me in my tracks. I had begun reading aloud the Puffin Classics version…
Continue ReadingThis is how I held you. Wrapped up, entwined in my arms until you finally gave in to sleep. It…
Continue Reading“Baby, I need you to stop crying about everything,” I say to my 4-year-old son, followed by a heavy sigh.…
Continue ReadingShe lifted the young child into her arms and experienced, for the first time, a love so big her heart…
Continue ReadingMy strong-willed child, I’m always chasing you. But sometimes my legs get tired. Because it’s hard playing a game of…
Continue ReadingI’ll never forget when we first met. You had just been removed from your mother and separated from your siblings.…
Continue ReadingHold on, little one. One hand in mine, your tangible human protector, and the other in the hand of a…
Continue ReadingMy mind was racing as bedtime approached, thoughts flooded my mind about how far behind I was with work and…
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