Momologues

My mother is a grandmother now.

"My mother is a grandmother now she says to me let’s catch up so I put my book down take a deep breath say sure and she is already...

Trusting a three year old is hard.

I’ve got a kid that hangs back. When it comes to new places and faces (or old ones, frankly), she buys her time. She watches. Assesses....

One is perfect, the other is two.

I thought mothers loved all their children the same? Well, I’m just going to say it, but I think I have a favorite. All I know is one...

Can I see your vagina?

“Mom, can I see your vagina?!” “No honey.” “Ok moma, it’s beautiful.”

I am discovering who I am, again

My nurse on the day we left the hospital: “isn’t it amazing, it’s like your heart left your body and is now in the world” she said. This...

I have two butts.

Around age 3 my daughter asked me why girls have two butts. “We don’t have two butts, just one.” I said. “I have two. My little butt (her...

MOMMM! You are beautiful!

I gained a lot of weight during my late thirties pregnancies. I nursed two babies for a combination of 51 months. Both left my body with...