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a whirlwind
I haven’t been feeling well the last couple of days, so this morning I called in sick, dropped Zoë off at preschool, drove back home to a very quiet house, and climbed in bed. Two hours later I awoke with a chill, but feeling much better. So I cleared the clutter from my desk, made…
Mother Writers and the Hostile Reader
It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a class/workshop situation not heavily populated by mothers. Most of my classes, if not entirely made up of mother writers, are at least populated by a significant numbers of mothers. And that’s because that’s what I do: I help mothers write the stories they need to…
Benjamin
I feel lost these days, bumbling around, going through the motions of life. I go into the office and I get my work done, but I’m not really there. I have a pulsing headache that begins somewhere in my shoulder and snakes its way up into my jaw, which I must be clenching at night.…
Aguita
Meet the newest member of our family: The girls couldn’t believe it when our neighbors (thank you, Jon and Ami!) brought her over on Christmas morning. She is such a cuddle bug. We are all happily adjusting to life with a dog!
peace
It’s Friday morning. Both girls are at school. D is running errands. The house is completely quiet. I’m sitting in my tiny, cluttered office surrounded by half-read books, stacks of papers (the Use Your Words galley among them!), and my endless to-do lists. And I couldn’t be happier. I always appreciated the time I was…
Motherhood & Words Retreat!
First, I’m sorry for the technical difficulties. I’m trying to get to the bottom of that. Second, I’m sorry for my silence the last week or so. Still trying to figure out how to fit everything into life, but I’ve been so tired that I’ve let my 5 a.m. wake-ups slide. I’m getting back to…
on not giving up
I haven’t been here at Motherhood & Words as much as I’d like. I have a number of books that are on my plate to highlight and a line-up of authors to interview. (And of course I still have a lot of formatting to do here. Please forgive my Links page.) I’ll get to these…
Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m wishing you all a lovely long weekend with family and friends. Today, I am thankful for: a lazy morning at home with D and the girls a four-mile run along the river November weather that is sunnier and warmer than ever before my job, which is now permanent two paid days off from my…
an hour a week
In the last week, we have made trips to the ER, the doctor’s office, and the Minute Clinic. Zoë was hit with croup and had trouble breathing last week (hence the ER visit). She was up, feverish and coughing, for nights on end. Then this weekend, while D was out of town, Stella developed a…
journaling telechat tonight!
Join Sheila Bender and Ruth Folit for a 30-minute free telechat tonight! I am currently reading Sheila Bender‘s wonderful and heartbreaking memoir A New Theology: Turning to Poetry in a Time of Grief, about dealing with grief and renewing her commitment to life in the wake of her son’s death. And I hope to have Sheila as a guest…
a few things I’m grateful for
One of the things I’d like to do here are Motherhood & Words is to write a weekly or bi-weekly post about things for which I’m grateful. Stress tends to get the better of me, and I forget to appreciate everything that I have and love. I’d like to invite you to post what you’re…
a teacher, a friend
When I was growing up, I remember thinking how odd it was when my dad, who was a professor, became friends with his former students. They would stop by the house to visit when they were in the Twin Cities. They kept in touch via mail and phone. And I wondered how it was possible…