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Sixty-two self-identifying mothers responded to 18 text prompts. Read them here.
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What have you been prescribed since becoming a mother? Do you self-medicate? In what ways, How?
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


As a mother, tell me how you feel about gun control.
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


What do you do that feels invisible?
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


Mommy Brain is...
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


How do the word's "self-care" feel when you hear them?
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


Teenagers. Free pass!
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


Tell me 5 things you need (and don't have) right now.
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


Have you felt "mom rage before? What did it feel like? What happened?
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


Describe exactly what you hear right now...
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


My biggest worry is...
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


The last time I said goodbye to my kiddo I felt...
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


Dinner tonight looked like…
Sixty-two self-identifying mothers participated in a six-week group text prompt experiment.
Jul 5, 2023


Today I Felt Loved When...
Sixty-two self-identified mothers participated in a series of text prompts for six-weeks.
Jul 5, 2023


Mother of Pearl
© by Suraj Holzwarth 2022 There is nothing more intense, no labor harder, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, nothing more...
May 8, 2023


Birthday Cake
I sat alone at the kitchen table. My daughter on a stool at the counter with her breakfast. I started to sob. again. A continuation from...
Mar 23, 2023
Dripping from the Water of Yesterday‘s Bath
Tonight I treated myself with a bubble bath the water filled to the tippy-top, As I lie in the tub I am drawn to the effervescent sound...
Mar 22, 2023
My Son Didn't Mean to Hate Me.
My first husband was dissatisfied with his mother and when later in our marriage, he fell on hard times, he made it clear that he...
Jan 2, 2023
My mother looked down at her hands and said…"I’m pregnant."
I would say my life has been defined in a large part by the lack of agency my mother had in her choice to have children. She was married...
Jan 2, 2023
How Our Generational Parenting Practices Were Interrupted
I didn’t understand with my first child how much historic trauma had damaged my ability to be touched and express love with my kids. I ...
Sep 23, 2022
The Sonogram Tech Gave Me No Signs
Three. For some reason three was the magic number in my head. Number one was so hard to conceive, to carry, to birth, to nurture. Number...
Sep 23, 2022
Strike One, Strike Two, Strike Three
My entry into motherhood wasn't sunshine and daisies. From the moment I found out I was pregnant I was scared. And I remained scared for...
Jul 28, 2022
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