Monthly Archives: October 2025
First Birthday Parties are Ridiculous: I Had One Anyway
October 29th, 2025 | by Jocelyn Cox
This party was my baby (in addition to our actual baby)
Woman Interrupted: The Hidden History of a Doctor Silenced by Stigma and Sexism
October 27th, 2025 | by Bridey Thelen-Heidel
Although we are more apt to call addiction a disease these days, by and large, the medical establishment doesn’t really treat it like one
“Will You Know How Much I Loved You?” Tiffany Graham Charkosky on Parenting in the Face of Cancer Risk
October 21st, 2025 | by Cheryl Klein
"What makes us human is our willingness to care for those who need it." —Tiffany Graham Charkosky
Family Tree: An Excerpt from Tiffany Graham Charkosky’s Living Proof
October 21st, 2025 | by Tiffany Graham Charkosky
I wanted to prove that I was exactly the kind of person they sought to help: an upstanding member of society, a good mother, someone who deserved to keep living
A Bad Girl’s Guide to Parenting
October 16th, 2025 | by Ashley Hudson
Although very age-appropriate, this behavior is my greatest, deepest, knot-twisting trigger. Most of my young life consisted of “cry for help” behavior
Eaton Fire Claims Yet Another Victim
October 9th, 2025 | by Akina Cox
My child remains afraid of fire. But to me and most adults, the fire seems like the most understandable part of this situation. What scares us is the absence of any care or accountability from the government.
First Kicking, Then Not: A Conversation with Hannah Grieco
October 7th, 2025 | by DW McKinney
I first met Hannah Grieco in the summer of 2020 in her capacity as the senior nonfiction editor for jmww