Working Mom Hurdles Son’s Hurling Episode
Emmaus, Pennsylvania—For one local mother, last Wednesday began much like any other day. Laura, a single mom of three children ages 2, 4,...
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- Jun 14, 2021
- 4 min
A Letter to My Kindergarten Graduate
On your first day of daycare as a seven-week-old baby, I didn’t cry. Not when I handed you over to a near-stranger, or when I got back...
- Mar 19, 2021
- 4 min
Sometimes, It Takes a Mess
Like most kids, my childhood bedroom was rarely neat and tidy. I viewed my room as nothing more than a container for my things and a...
- Sep 22, 2019
- 3 min
Logan's Story
Logan's birth story started out nearly identical to Gracie's, but it turned out to be day to night different.
- Sep 13, 2019
- 5 min
Gracie's Story
Birth stories are my favorite. It doesn’t matter the type of birth—home, hospital, drug-free vaginal, scheduled c-section, surprise...
- Jun 14, 2019
- 6 min
Camera Roll
We have a “secret” family recipe for chocolate chip cookies. It’s taped to the inside of a cabinet in my parents’ house, and a picture of...
- Apr 19, 2019
- 5 min
Just You Wait
I sit in a hospital bed cradling Gracie, my first baby. I’m nearly delirious with exhaustion, but she’s awake again and screaming loudly...
- Apr 3, 2019
- 5 min
A Sleep Story
“Yah-yah-yah-yah-yah,” my freshly minted one-year-old babbles to himself as he flops around on my bed. He’s like a puppy spinning circles...
- Sep 4, 2018
- 2 min
Baby on My Chest
Your small body is draped across my torso; your limbs hanging off my sides. You pick up your head in discomfort only to slam it back down...
- Jul 25, 2018
- 2 min
Separated
“We’ll give her a cocktail of medicine before we take her back.” the anesthesiologist told me. “It will relax her, make her a little...
- Apr 6, 2018
- 3 min
Give & Take, Guilt & Grace
"Mommy," my toddler daughter's voice squeaks, "I got you a present!" I look down at her twig-like two-year-old frame to accept the...