Appraisal
December 23rd, 2024 | by Jennifer Alessi
That Christmas night, my daughter in my arms, my cat by my feet, my heart glowed like a ruby wedged under rock
Browsing the "holidays" Tag
Ask a MUTHA: Rituals and Hopes for a New Year
December 30th, 2022 | by Mutha Magazine
As 2022 draws to a close, we asked MUTHAs: What are your year-end rituals and hopes for 2023? * My
Spirit of the Sun: Birthing Again at Home
January 31st, 2022 | by Laura Eliasieh
Pregnancy with my second daughter inspired me to deepen my understanding of our family’s ancestry. Connecting with the soulful past,
Body and Breath: My First Childbirth in Hospital
January 24th, 2022 | by Laura Eliasieh
Readying myself to become a mother, giving birth, and embracing my daughter for the first time enlightened me to the
How to Make Pumpkin Bread 15 Years Later
October 5th, 2021 | by Megan Hanlon
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir to combine grief with anger, relief with trauma, her eyes with yours
My December Hate List
December 20th, 2019 | by Dartinia Hull
For the #haters. I begin hating everything around the first of November, at the first jingle of the first bell, and stay angry through December 29th
IT’S THE HOLIDAYS: What Is Even Happening? ASK A MUTHA on Traditions Old and New and Demolished
December 11th, 2017 | by Mutha Magazine
It got cold (thought it took a suspiciously long time). The store windows have become aggressive. People start drinking more;
Seven Days in the Stinking Marsh
December 9th, 2017 | by Cheryl Klein
In the swampy, stinking waters of the river Styx – the actively wrathful fight each other viciously on the surface
TRIGGER SEASON
November 28th, 2017 | by Ezra Stone
For me certain smells: my grandmother’s claustrophobic perfume on a stranger, usually an older woman who also smokes; Calvin Klein
MOTHERWHELMED Takes on the Passover Paradox
April 25th, 2016 | by Jessica Carew Kraft
Emotional labor from mothers is taken for granted, especially around family occasions when mothers are typically expected to do the majority
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