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Mama at the Movies

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.

Must Read After My Death

When I first learned I was pregnant, I started a journal on my computer; seven months into the project, my hard drive crashed and the most detailed journal I had…

Mama at the Movies | February 2009 | By Caroline Grant


Fly Away Home

Eli is standing by the side of my bed in his pjs, clutching his patch blanket, Little Blue Bear, Moosie, and his small pottery train engine. He is angling for…

Mama at the Movies | February 2009 | By Caroline Grant


Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Ben and his friend were in the bedroom playing war. Because they are the kinds of boys they are, the game involved Legos and negotiation of the rules but very…

Mama at the Movies | January 2009 | By Caroline Grant


Who Does She Think She Is?

My late father-in-law was an artist. After attending art school on the G. I. Bill, he and his wife moved to Italy for two years so that he could paint…

Mama at the Movies | December 2008 | By Caroline Grant


Baby Mama

I lost sleep over the election. Partly because of my investment in the outcome, certainly, but also because for the first time since I was in my 20s, I regularly…

Mama at the Movies | November 2008 | By Caroline Grant


What’s Your Point, Honey?

Ben first became interested in politics last winter, when his kindergarten teacher organized a peace march to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. The kids painted posters and made a…

Mama at the Movies | October 2008 | By Caroline Grant


The Red Balloon

When the chance came to spend a week in Paris this summer, my mind filled with visions of Nutella crepes, red wine at sidewalk bistros, and sunset walks along the…

Mama at the Movies | September 2008 | By Caroline Grant


Autism: The Musical

Elaine first noticed something was different about her son, Neal, when he was two: he didn’t sleep, he threw tantrums, he didn’t speak. But she chalked it up to his…

Mama at the Movies | May 2008 | By Caroline Grant


Enchanted

My son Ben, who just turned six, is learning so much in kindergarten that he comes home every day breathless with facts. “Wanna know how long an Apatosaurus’ neck was?”…

Mama at the Movies | April 2008 | By Caroline Grant


4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Washing my hands in the theater bathroom after watching the new film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007), I noticed I have a lot of gray…

Mama at the Movies | March 2008 | By Caroline Grant


Persepolis

At school the other morning, as Eli and I were saying good bye to Ben, already settled into a drawing project, a boy walked over and pushed Ben off his…

Mama at the Movies | February 2008 | By Caroline Grant


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