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Creative Nonfiction

Under the Chuppah

Mother of the Bride, I wear this dress like my role; no one sees underneath. Anarchist in beige and ivory, purple eyeliner without my glasses. No one recognizes the anarchy.…

Creative Nonfiction | February 2005 | By Elaine Starkman


Just One?

My husband and I both knew we wanted one child before we even got married. In part, it had to do with our own failed sibling relationships and with wanting…

Creative Nonfiction | February 2005 | By Jenny Block


Tested

My mom got knocked up in college. She claims she conceived my sister when she lost her virginity, or as she puts it, when she finally succumbed to my biological…

Creative Nonfiction | February 2005 | By Kelli C. Trinoskey


Having A Boy? Better Luck Next Time: Mothers, Sons and Stereotypes

There it was on the ultrasound: a tiny but unmistakable penis. We were having a son. My husband glowed. The radiology technician oohed and aahed. Me? I was panic-stricken. I…

Creative Nonfiction | February 2005 | By Alison Streit


How to be a Cybermom: Successful Real-Life Avoidance through Obsessive Internet Use

I never thought I had an addictive personality until the time I stayed up all night watching an online spat. The moment of truth came during a slow period in…

Creative Nonfiction | February 2005 | By Meagan Francis


The Power Behind the Pink

My husband came home from shopping the other day with a size-five pair of pink sneakers with sparkles. He bought them for our 16-month-old daughter. I cringed. My insides were…

Creative Nonfiction | February 2005 | By Nancy Goodman


Unsung Motherhood

It is rather unusual for me to tear off on roaring, spontaneous tangents. In fact, I am fairly level-headed about most things, although I am known, by those who know…

Creative Nonfiction | February 2005 | By Jennifer James


Transparent Motherhood

“She has your eyes,” says the woman at the toddler park. It’s true. My daughter Mira has my blue eyes and the dimple from my chin. When it’s just Mira…

Creative Nonfiction | February 2005 | By Helen Reed


A Good Enough Birth; A Good Enough Parent

I’m all for natural childbirth. I think it’s great when women give birth under the influence of measured breathing, hot baths, and long walks, and I’m firmly against scheduled c-sections.…

Creative Nonfiction | February 2005 | By Rebecca Steinitz


Ask Me About My Abortion

Twenty-five years ago, before the ink dried on Roe vs. Wade, my father set out to protest. Every Sunday, his only day off, he picketed the local hospital where the…

Creative Nonfiction | February 2005 | By Spike Gillespie


Millennial Grandma

“You wanna hear the latest?” It’s Diana, my best friend of forty years on the phone, and I know what’s coming: a tale of a recent confrontation with her daughter…

Creative Nonfiction | February 2005 | By Barbara Mitchell


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