Category Archives: motherhood

All Better

Posted on December 3, 2014 by

My son wept today. Even though he’s six, such displays are rare with him. The tears were over a Lego creation he worked on for maybe an hour, tops, something he very generously called a Transformer. To me, it looked like it … Continue reading →

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Unbreakable Girls: Lessons in Extraordinary Resilience

Posted on October 20, 2014 by

Kendall Smedley was just twelve years old when a latent snarl of malformed vessels in her brain—there since birth—ruptured and left her lifeless in the ER at a children’s hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. That night, whether by chance or providence, … Continue reading →

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Swallow Back the Years

Posted on July 18, 2014 by

I do not want my kids to grow up. There. I said it. I like them little. I like how they smell. I like how my daughter’s voice still sounds about half her age when we talk on the phone. … Continue reading →

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