Guest Post: A Mother of One
by Lori Davis When I introduce my family at church, the wheels start turning in people’s heads. “Only one child . . . and the
by Lori Davis When I introduce my family at church, the wheels start turning in people’s heads. “Only one child . . . and the
Our plans for a series with the theme of birth sparked an interesting discussion among Exponent bloggers. Birth can be a difficult topic; not all
Guest post by Jen Holt Jen lives in Utah with her husband and 4 children (note: with Gestational Surrogacy, the egg of the mother is
One of the first times someone asked me to recount my daughter’s birth, I started to speak, and then without meaning to, I started to
When my daughter asked me about the veracity of Santa Claus, I told her that I like to pretend that Santa Claus is real because
na·tiv·i·ty (n -t v -t , n -). n. pl. na·tiv·i·ties. 1. Birth, especially the place, conditions, or circumstances of being born. Dear Luke, You’re a
“She got up from where she was lying, stepped over them, and left those newborn-blind, helpless kittens mewing plaintively in their box. They began feeling
I claimed my name – with all its sordid history—and, by so doing, I transformed it into something beautiful and ennobling for me and for
by Lucy M. Hewlings, First published in The Women’s Exponent, vol. 7 no. 17 February 1, 1879 The question has been asked, “Was there ever a
Mother’s Milk a poem about God the Mother I miss Her breast today; her heart, pulsing against my cheek. She unlatched me; gave
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