When the Icons of Motherhood Fail You
November 28th, 2022 | by Cynthia DiTiberio
With Ma as my example, I learned that much of mothering was keeping others afloat, anticipating their needs, ensuring that everyone else is taken care of
About Cynthia DiTiberio
Cynthia DiTiberio
Cynthia DiTiberio is a writer, collaborator, and editor who has worked in publishing for twenty years. She writes the Substack newsletter The Mother Lode and is the publisher of Literary Mama. Her writing has appeared in The Lily, Isele Magazine, Literary Mama, Scary Mommy, The Voices Project, and the Brevity blog and she is the collaborator on eleven books. Before her writing career, she worked nine years as an editor at a division of HarperCollins. Visit her website for more.