I was trying to think of why I wanted to feature this topic. After all, I have two children whom I love very much. I am not childless by choice. I remember a while ago my friend said about motherhood, “It’s fun, but be prepared to do something for other people from the moment … [Read more...] about Childfree by Choice
Lazy Friday Links aka Use the Internet for Good
How motherhood affects creativity. Nothing like being compared to a rat brain. I take some issue with creative problem solving being equated with creativity. I don't think they're the same. I agree that mothers become master multi-taskers, but then again, why should they have to? … [Read more...] about Lazy Friday Links aka Use the Internet for Good
Ali Dodd and Paid Leave
In 2015, when her son Shepard was only 11 weeks old, Ali Dodd did what most moms in this country must do--she returned to work and left her son in care of an in-home daycare. Dodd had no paid leave. She and her husband had worked it out so that she could take 10 weeks, but on the … [Read more...] about Ali Dodd and Paid Leave
Abby Maslin
I've been thinking a lot lately about resilience. All around us, disasters are occurring. Hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves. An administration that doesn't respect facts, science, or basic human decency. A Resistance that is strong but fighting against forces that feel large and … [Read more...] about Abby Maslin
On Grief and Widowhood
One night, Margo received a call that changed her life forever. Her husband, who had been previously deployed to Kuwait and Iraq, was shot in a military training exercise in Fort Leonardwood, Missouri. He did not survive. At the time, Margo was only thirty years old, and had … [Read more...] about On Grief and Widowhood