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Mama in the Middle

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.

Lost and Found, Part 2

It’s almost nine p.m. I’ve just hurtled 25 miles through the night to check on Ma because she didn’t answer the phone. One part of me is filled dread, while…

Mama in the Middle | August 2004 | By Sybil Lockhart


Lost and Found, Part 1

I’ve just put on broth for chicken soup. The house is unusually quiet for 6 p.m., with Zoë at work on math problems and her little sister Cleo in the…

Mama in the Middle | June 2004 | By Sybil Lockhart


October

“Ma? Do you know where the old Halloween stuff is?” I have arrived early at my childhood home in Martinez to take Ma to her Alzheimer’s checkup. I’ve just thought…

Mama in the Middle | April 2004 | By Sybil Lockhart


Pass It On

One Friday night, Ma says she needs to ask me something. “Okay.” I say, “What’s up?” “Wait — I have to find my notes.” I wait while she searches all…

Mama in the Middle | March 2004 | By Sybil Lockhart


Diagnosis

One morning in 2001, I became a Mama in the Middle. My relationship with my mom had changed over the years, but my role as her caretaker was formalized in…

Mama in the Middle | January 2004 | By Sybil Lockhart


Mama in the Middle

If you call me on a Friday night, six-year-old Zoë will probably pick up the phone. Without saying hello, she will yell over the Glen Miller blasting in the dining…

Mama in the Middle | October 2003 | By Sybil Lockhart


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