Twelve years ago, my husband took this photo of me taking a picture on a beach in Ireland. I found it last night in an album in the attic while looking for another photo. I haven’t looked at the album in many years and I was struck by the girl I saw. It was like …
It was a spur of the moment reading and while it took me a while to figure out what I wanted to wear, I settled rather quickly on the essay I would share. When I arrived at the old log cabin that is now a coffee shop, I read my letter and then I …
You. Me. Us. Them. We became mothers. “Did you have them naturally?” she asked me when she heard that both of my babies were born at over nine pounds. I had my children vaginally, but I didn’t have them without medication. My body formed my children, grew my children, and birthed my children, and yet, I’m …
To the mom at the water park: It was hot today — a balmy 90 degrees, the sun high and strong in the sky. To escape the heat of the afternoon, my husband and I took our kids to a small water park. This one has a green frog with big pink eyes and water …