Momologues

Sixty-two self-identifying mothers responded to 18 text prompts. Read them here.

Pro-life v. Pro-control

I am a privileged white woman. I am happily married and have three healthy sons. My husband has had a vasectomy and we do not want any...

I Have Never Told Anyone About This

I had an abortion after my divorce. I slept with just about anyone I could because I felt empty. My daughter was gone to her dads most...

He wanted to get me pregnant without my consent

My first abortion was at 24 when I was living in Oregon. I found out at about eight weeks. I had no money, a gig job and lived across the...

The Gift

“And be REALLY CAREFUL, Mommie, it’s REALLY BREAKABLE!” Alden handed me the little package as if it contained a bubble still swirling...

Rage shows up sometimes.

When we were already late, but I chose to squeeze in 45 seconds to run the vacuum; which coincidentally, is enough time for both children...

One, Two, Three, Four, Five

Driving through Utah on our way to Zion National Park, I keep checking my phone, looking for some bars. I can’t believe that our fate is...

I lost something

I realized I had lost something I hadn’t had before, after touching base with my new neighbor, years after I had lost it. She was...

Blessed and torn.

I do not remember the first time my mother told me that God wanted me to be her child. I do remember she told me that she wasn’t able to...

My daughter lied.

My daughter lied. My sweet, quiet, honest (wasn’t she?!) daughter lied. And not just a little lie, but a big one - the kind with real...

‘Who will hold me?’ I wondered.

My last month of pregnancy I was wondering where my friends were. Busy with their business and not inviting me their fun. I guess due to...

Hear you, hearing you.

We have a funny saying in our home: ‘hear you, hearing you.’ It’s the not-subtle reminder that your children will take on, and repeat,...

What right did those people have to take her baby?

You’re getting fat. What are you pregnant? I smiled, having known that this moment was coming. She sat across from me, her own belly...

Razor rash in the nether regions

When my daughter was about four years old, we took the kids camping. The morning of day four of our trip, she and I headed to the...

Another poop one.

Everyone always asks if women really poop during birth. Yes, you absolutely do. And no, you absolutely do not care. ~~~

This baby felt foreign to me and I couldn't tell anyone.

I know now that I experienced postpartum depression with both of my boys, but to different degrees. Back then, there really wasn't a...