catapult magazine

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• Introverted like me

  Sorting out the mysterious ways in which one relates to others.

• All we like sheep

  Our attempts at self-preservation deny a larger reality.

• My son, Jacob

  A birthmother tells her story of sacrifice.

• 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.

• We only see in part

  On the death of a close friend's father.

• In the difficult moment

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

• Storytelling

  Thoughts from a writing teacher and father-to-be.

• Mother to mother

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

• I've become my mother

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

• Inside seasons

  A review of Tamara Jenkins’ film The Savages.

• Defective connections

  Everyday things can surround us with the stories of our lives.

• Philosophy in the family

  A book review of Gum, Geckos and God: A Family's Adventure in Space, Time and Faith by James S. Spiegel.

• Femininity and the Big-Boned Gal

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

• A Kingdom for others

  On raising kids who are helpers rather than hoarders.

• An open letter to literature

  Chronicling an English major's complicated relationship with books.

• Coming to consciousness

  How adults and children can walk together on the journey toward discovering grace and self.

• My boy will know

  It wouldn't be the first time grace was entered the world as a newborn baby...

• Life from scratch

  A life tapestry woven of baking bread and growing food and bearing children.

• Dreams for sale

  Tracing a family's history and values through home spaces.

• Upon a midnight clear

  How a firstborn daughter arrived just in time for Christmas.

• I know I just met you, but I love you

  Reflections on becoming a father.

• Ten things to do during bad weather

  Ways to amuse children indoors, but out of the house.

• First, the wedding

  On planning the ceremony after 50, with kids, in the midst of the stuff of life.

• Morning snuggles

  A night owl overcomes guilt to find peace in the morning.

• Leave your slumber

  On hearing the alarm clock sound within the ordinary.

• Wedding photos (l-r): Joy, Pain, Forgiveness

  Snapshots from a second marriage ceremony, including what's outside the frame.

• When every day is Saturday

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

• Naked dreams

  If you confess your sins to a lion in the jungle, does anybody hear them?

• The longest shortest time

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

• Journey to grace

  Lessons from accepting the gift of a late pregnancy.