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Items tagged mother

• Late night thoughts on what being a parent teaches about being God

  A parent of two following The One Rule learns a bit about the nature of the Parent of us all.

• Death and birth

  Reflections on becoming a parent.

• You are here

  Reflections on consciousness.

• The photo project

  A sampling of images and mini-essays from a unique interactive project.

• Motherhood and?

  A stay-at-home mom finds comfort in her secret identity.

• Patricia Louise

  A memorial for a mother who had a passion for broken things.

• An un-quiet existence

  What a quiet kid learned about identity and parenting from her own small town upbringing.

• Gainful unemployment

  A resigned nurse learns to be still and value a new kind of productivity.

• In the difficult moment

  The mother of an infant girl struggles to stay in the present through crisis.

• Here on earth

  The memory of yards captured in photographs recalls a journey of inherited wonder.

• The other side of illness

  One person’s story of the journey through cancer to self-discovery and renewed priorities.

• The perfect body

  On the dynamics of accepting one’s own body and teaching a teen-aged daughter to do the same.

• Danyale’s wedding

  A story about a man, a woman, a ceremony and more.

• Mother to mother

  Thoughts on shifting roles in the latter years of a parent’s life.

• A Christmas reflection on an extraordinary life

  A time of year when families traditionally gathers prompts thoughts about a mother’s identity.

• I've become my mother

  A reflection on the super-humans we know as our parents.

• Top ten surprises on my 13-year-old daughter’s iPod

  A vigilant mother wonders at her progeny.

• Tale of two children

  What folk tales and the biblical narrative have to offer about the process of growing up.

• Becoming a Matriarch

  On the paradox of aspirations within a family.

• Femininity and the Big-Boned Gal

  Reflecting on identity via a mother's larger-than-life mythology.

• An essay unwritten

  On receiving a call for submissions for the "Women's Worlds" issue of catapult magazine.

• Hi, there

  A reflection on God entering the world as a newborn baby.

• Thanks, Mom

  Confronting the inner child as an adult living in mom and dad's home.

• Lights and darks

  A single mother living with her parents puts a few thoughts on the proverbial clothesline for examination.

• Crashing Waves

  A long illness and healing process shifts relationships and conceptions of self.

• When every day is Saturday

  No more teachers, no more books, no more...peace and quiet? Regular routines? Freedom?

• Then who would I be?

  A daughter bears the marks of her parents, human and divine.

• The longest shortest time

  Reflections on the dark days of early parenthood with Hillary Frank.

• Surprised by grief

  On embracing the mourning of parents who have lost a child to a miscarriage.

• Yielding

  Following an unconventional path to parenthood.