I became a mother when I was eighteen years old – just a baby myself. The summer I graduated high school, I began dating my future husband and father of my two children. I soon left my hometown of Ithaca, New York to study photography at The Art Institute of...
While doing Mother’s Day writing with my first graders, the typical answers came out: What does your mom like to do? “Go grocery shopping.” “Take care of me and my sister.” What is mom good at? “Folding clothes.”...
Today is the kickoff to #31mothers- our yearly celebration of motherhood, in all its forms. Throughout the month of May, The Mama Sagas blog will feature 31 different mothers, with 31 unique experiences. There is nothing like the power of story to heal, to bridge...
Motherhood is the fire and flood of my career. I had a degree in interior architecture, and was working at my dream job when I got pregnant. After having kids I always had little side businesses, though I was primarily a stay-at-home mom. But then my marriage began to...
At about three years after my son was born, my husband and I thought we were pregnant again. Before that moment, we had truly wondered if we would ever be ready for another child. We had a spirited little boy who was our world – maybe one was enough. We also had...
