How do we shed the weight of a whole year come and gone? Where do the heavy parts go? Do they finally drift up and out into the universe after quiet reflection (or a dismissive purge), or do they sit like bricks inside us, on our hips and in our hearts and minds? The weight […]
Dear Daughter. Live Your Life.
Dear Daughter, As you navigate the choppy waters of womanhood (and damn, those are some high, white-capped swells), please, oh please, hear my voice, my love. Hear it, sweet child. Please don’t shrug me off. Hear it ringing through the din, right through these confounding, life-sorting years; right past your indifference, your boredom with me, […]
Waiting
First, we wait to find out. You are a maybe, then a probably, and then a definitely. You are you, but we don’t know you yet. You are growing, while we wait. We wait in doctor’s offices. We wait in sonogram rooms. We wait for test results. We wait for answers. After nine months, give […]