Late summer blows in like a sudden storm. The cold front sends me rushing to close the windows, their casings swollen open for three months straight. I remember the heat wave now like a lost lover, blurred with nostalgia and regret. Why didn’t I savor it while it was here? Why did I wish it [...]
Entries Tagged as 'motherhood'
When Things Fall Apart
September 1st, 2010 No Comments
Tags: depression · motherhood · mothering guilt · Pema Chodron · when things fall apart
One Day Till 5
August 25th, 2010 1 Comment
It’s late August and A. is about to turn 5. We’ve been on a countdown all month, and now the big day is TOMORROW. A. morphed into a nasty little monster in time for C’s birthday, but has now, thankfully, returned to her sunny personality. Despite some sister-hair-pulling and scratching, her behavior has been lovely– [...]
Tags: acceptance · five-year-old · motherhood · mothering guilt
Are You a Morning Person?
July 5th, 2010 No Comments
I’ve never considered myself a morning person, but motherhood has made me one. I am now useless after 9 pm, but if I get about six hours of solid sleep, I can wake up energized and eager for projects (provided the sun is shining). Today is supposedly a holiday, a day for schmoozing and sleeping [...]
Tags: motherhood · Productivity · Sylvia Plath
Magentic Poetry for Mothers
July 2nd, 2010 1 Comment
I’m vacuuming the kitchen floor when I see the word “WOMB” staring up at me amidst the cereal scum. It’s a piece of the “MOTHERHOOD MAGNETIC POETRY KIT” that I got for Christmas. The kit should have been a great fit, since I’m a mother and a (former) poet. But somehow I haven’t been inspired [...]
Tags: magnetic poetry · motherhood · Sylvia Plath
Judgment Day
August 11th, 2009 No Comments
I thought I’d already met Supermom this winter, at the indoor romper-room downtown. I was grappling with my toddler when a young, soft-spoken brunette appeared– trailing 4 kids all under age five. With infinite grace, she herded her brood out of their snowsuits, played trains, read books, settled disputes and offered wholesome snacks, [...]
Tags: judgment · motherhood
Celebrity Glamour-Moms
August 3rd, 2009 1 Comment
I can’t quite kick the tabloid habit. What compels me to brood over Angelina Jolie, vamping it up in a plunge-bodice black strapless and enormous emerald-drop earrings the size of her children’s thumbs? Or Heidi Klum strutting her flawless bikini body six weeks after birthing her third? I never used to care about celebrity [...]
Tags: Angelina Jolie · celebrity · Gwyneth Paltrow · motherhood
Who Does She Think She Is
April 20th, 2009 2 Comments
What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past year? For me, it wasn’t Slumdog Millionaire, which was riveting but shocked me with its gruesome child torture scenes. My husband and I went to Slumdog on a rare date night and for some reason were expecting a light comedy– we nearly walked out. Instead, I [...]
Tags: Creativity · motherhood · movie · Sylvia Plath · Who Does She Think She Is · Writing