My Very Own Lent
By Agnes Krup
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I am about to enter the sixth decade of my life – a decade my mother never lived to enjoy. During Lent, I remember her fully.
Tag Archives : motherhood
Second Read: “Sh*t My Dad Says” is for Moms
By Laura Baudo Sillerman
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If you are a mother, run, don’t walk, to the nearest bookstore (or e-tail outlet or downloading device) to get Justin Halpern’s "Sh*t My Dad Says." If you are a mother of mothers, do the same.
On Thanksgiving: More to Be Thankful For
By Phyllis Fanzo Lombardi
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As always, my children and husband have enriched my emotional education and taught me some things about Thanksgiving.
Heart to Heart
At 35 years old, I wasn’t expecting a heart attack. Afterward, I had a friend tell me, “If I had to make a list of 10 people least likely to have a heart attack, you would have been at the top of the list.” I certainly never thought I’d have two, so quietly that they almost missed it. I was…
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Long Weekend Special: An Interview with Ginnah Howard, Part One
Las t month, we saluted Ginnah Howard when her novel Night Navigation was featured in The New York Times Book Review. Now we have the opportunity to salute Ms. Howard again — and to thank her for responding in such length to questions about her novel and herslef. What came back will be shared here over the next four days…
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The Red Wheelbarrow: A Meditation
so much depends
upon a red wheel
barrow glazed with rain
water beside the white
chickens. So wrote the young aspiring poet William Carlos Williams in 1923. At his young age, how did he know? At his age, I was aspiring to be the world’s greatest poet or film star – or a cheerleader. Later, as a wife and mother I strove for…
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What It Takes to Let the Girl Go: A Brief Meditation on Motherhood
I fell into motherhood like a stone into a pond, and I lay on the soft, warm mucky bottom through the birth of a second child, through the toddler years and elementary school. I loved underwater life, but when the elder of the two entered middle school, the life-before-children siren-songed me toward the air and the light. When the younger…
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