Graffiti Mom: MOMZ1
November 7th, 2022 | by Lisa Hanson
In his teen years before he moved out, I was often up in the night or would jerk awake with the image of him falling, unable to return to sleep again
Browsing the "mothers and sons" Tag
Privacy, Erasure, and Consent as a Writing Mother
October 25th, 2022 | by Christy Tending
What started out as a deliberate but straightforward choice for our child has had unexpected consequences
Ghost Stories I Have Told My Son
May 12th, 2022 | by Jessie Carson
“Tell me our family’s secrets,” my son said to me one night when I was putting him to sleep. I
Emergence Unexpected, or What a Big Hairy Fly Taught Me About Unconditional Love
March 22nd, 2022 | by Amy Boyd
When I first kept a bright green chrysalis in a jar, what developed was not at all what I expected.
Why My Son Stopped Playing Fortnite
February 17th, 2022 | by Chanel Brenner
On the morning of April 1, 2019, I walked into our kitchen and found my ten-year-old son Desmond’s Xbox on
Social Distance
November 19th, 2020 | by Carla Rachel Sameth
Consistency was never my forte. My son, Raphael, comes to visit one morning and after eating, our masks are still removed, still
You Are Not The Special One: A Letter To My Son
March 5th, 2019 | by Mary Volmer
The other day, romping through the living room, stuffed kitty under one arm, you stopped, raised your little chin like
Don’t Blink
January 16th, 2019 | by Rica Lewis
At 20, I should have been procrastinating college homework, sipping something cheap and fizzy and wearing too much makeup with
I Asked My Son if He Missed His Birth Mom: NEFERTITI AUSTIN on Why Adoptive Parents Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Hard Questions
February 22nd, 2016 | by Nefertiti Austin
As a mother, November is just as important to me as May, because it’s National Adoption Month. Having adopted twice,
FIRST TRIP TO THE BARBER SHOP by Eve
October 2nd, 2015 | by Eve Lyons
I took my three-year-old son to the barber shop today. Up until now, we’ve managed his soft, thick, curly hair