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Faces of Motherhood

Retired Columns

From “Life in the Sandwich” to “Special Needs Mama” to “Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance”—they’re all here for you to explore.

Stepping Into Mamahood

When I was four months pregnant, three-and-a-half-year-old Kai collapsed on my lap in a friend’s living room, amidst the low buzz of an early evening dinner party. Before long he…

Faces of Motherhood | May 2009 | By Various: Faces of Motherhood


Biology Lesson

“I’m so jealous.” “God, that’s so convenient.” “You’re so lucky.” “I wish I had another pair of tits in the house for when mine are exhausted.” Our breastfeeding-on-demand, child-led-weaning, sling-toting,…

Faces of Motherhood | August 2008 | By Various: Faces of Motherhood


That Mom

By Beth Price I used to think I wouldn’t be that mom who would run her kid’s stuff to school because he irresponsibly left it on the kitchen counter. I…

Faces of Motherhood | October 2007 | By Various: Faces of Motherhood


Non-Custodial Means Keeping Your Mouth Shut

I am no longer part of the Mom Club. Think of how many times you see the word “mom” in the grocery store. That’s how many times a day I…

Faces of Motherhood | July 2007 | By Johanna Drake


Grand-Ma

I am old enough to be my son’s grandmother. I was 39 when he was born, and the truth is I love being an older mom. But it wasn’t my…

Faces of Motherhood | July 2007 | By Marjorie Osterhout


I Am A Stepmother

I am a stepmother and I never know how to respond to the question “Do you have children?” Neither “yes” nor “no” answers the question. Yes, because Beloved, my husband,…

Faces of Motherhood | March 2007 | By Marianne Mansfield


Crossing the Lines of Sex and Race

I am a lesbian and a mother, but I am also the white mother of a Black daughter. While the legal concerns of queer parenting would be part of our…

Faces of Motherhood | February 2007 | By Shannon LC Cate


Adventures of a Teenage Super-Mom

My name is Suzanne. I’m middle-class. I’m white. I live in the suburbs. I’m a high school graduate. I’m 19. And I’m a mom. But I’m not just an ordinary…

Faces of Motherhood | August 2006 | By Suzanne Thompson


Things You Can’t Teach

“I’m so sorry! He’s just so gentle!” Or beautiful. Or his hair is so long, or he has purple butterfly shoes. Whatever it is this time, other parents at the…

Faces of Motherhood | August 2006 | By Katie Kaput


Gray Like Me

My husband and I had just sweated through an hour in line so our daughters, ages 8 and 6, could get balloon animals at a local street fair. No run-of-the-mill…

Faces of Motherhood | July 2006 | By Rita Rubin


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