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Wrong is the New Right: An Homage to My Daughter

Sunday, May 15, 2011
By Kristin Prior
Wrong is the New Right: An Homage to My Daughter

I was wrong. I was afraid I might not love a third and unexpected baby as much as she deserved to be loved, but I now fear I love her too much.  I now fear my other children may think I have a disproportionate amount of love for this baby. I thought I would be... »

Mother Flowing

Monday, March 21, 2011
By Blythe
Mother Flowing

From the moment a child is conceived it changes you. It changes you. Who you once called “you” you now call “mother.” »

The Mother-Hood: Queen Vs. Martyr

Friday, March 18, 2011
By Bunmi
The Mother-Hood: Queen Vs. Martyr

To mothers, one day consists of several mini days. By 10:30am, we've already lived one of them. The early morning: first milk, first meal, first diaper/clothing change, first tears, first sibling scuffle, first laughs, first enormous mess to clean up...we live lifetimes within lifetimes.... »


Birth Stories

Monday, December 20, 2010
By Bunmi
Birth Stories

Every mother knows that her birth story continually evolves as time passes. I wrote down both of my children's birth stories from my perspective right after they were born... »

A Poem to Make You Smile by Erika Allen

Thursday, September 23, 2010
By Erika Beseda-Allen
A Poem to Make You Smile by Erika Allen

so the girl cub really likes to take off her clothes she is almost 3 she does this all. the. time. »

On Motherhood and Faith

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
By Erika Beseda-Allen
On Motherhood and Faith

On a completely primal level, I find myself, in a very real sense, worshiping though my children, with the very act of mothering. »

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What My Baby Teaches Me

By Angela Williams

I awoke the other morning with a heart so heavy, it felt like a brick pinning down my body and rendering me immobile.  The... »

Peeing in Groups

By Bunmi

All for one and one for all everybody march to the bathroom stall We talk about the boy we talk about the men borrow the lipstick sharpen the eyebrow... »

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