When Motherhood Defeats Us

When Motherhood Defeats Us

by | Aug 3, 2017 | Article, Existing posts

It is a human need to experience ourselves as competent. When we are mothering children, whether we feel competent can play a significant role in determining how satisfying we find this role. While some women come by a sense of competence easily after becoming a...
Childhood’s Impermanence

Childhood’s Impermanence

by | Apr 29, 2017 | Article, Existing posts

I was doing some spring cleaning in the yard last week, when I found a small plastic T. Rex. He was somewhat muddied, but otherwise showed no signs of significant wear from his decade long exile from the toy box, and even retained his fearsome posture. Finding him...
Mothering’s Hidden Masterpiece

Mothering’s Hidden Masterpiece

by | Mar 16, 2017 | Article, Existing posts

In the car on the way to her music lesson, my fourteen-year-old daughter is surly, withdrawn, and irritable. When she is like this, I am careful not to fill the space with anxious chatter, and so these car rides are often silent. On a recent such drive, I searched out...
The Last Baby

The Last Baby

by | Mar 10, 2017 | Article, Existing posts

I wanted a third baby. My youngest was just graduating from baby to toddler. My oldest was fast approaching school age. They were beautiful, funny, adorable, consuming, exasperating, and exhausting. For great chunks of every day, I wondered how I would survive until...