by Katherine Stone |
Hey Mom: I'm talking to you. Yes, you. I know. It takes time to get used to that name, no matter how desperately you've longed to be someone's Mom. It's one thing, after all, to have the idea of a baby dancing around inside your head; it's quite... by Katherine Stone |
Note: the following is excerpted from Julie's new book "Struck by Living" I lay on our carpet, exhausted, brain-bent, eyes pasted on my one-year-old son. Andrew stood with his back to me, palms pressed against the window. He gazed at the branches... by Katherine Stone |
Dear New Moms: We all receive a number of gifts and well wishes at the time of our child's birth. Gifts are received with excitement and anticipation, with joy and sentiment, with appreciation and wonder. A postpartum mood disorder, whatever the type, is the... by Katherine Stone |
She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks I've been drawn to your magnet tar pit track I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black Kurt Cobain I was asked to speak at a conference about screening... by Katherine Stone |
Happy Mother's Day! I'm so glad you've decided to visit Postpartum Progress and check out the Mother's Day Rally for Moms' Mental Health. Today you will be reading a wide variety of letters from an amazing group of women. I hope you will find...