The Lunchbox Problem
By late August, the Crocs don’t fit, The Wild Robot is playing beside a finance report, and somehow choosing a lunchbox has become a project.
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Mom Guilt Isn’t What You Think It Is
Some days the deepest thing I share with other mothers is the guilt. One of us admits the kids watched three episodes instead of one, and the other laughs in the relieved way, and there it is. We have found each other.
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What is matrescence?
A friend mentioned it to me two weeks before my first child was born. Not to prepare, she said. Just to know it’s normal to feel how you feel.
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Things I thought I’d have sorted by now
You had a very clear picture of the adult you were going to be. Here is how that’s going.
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How You Know You’ve Found the Right Friends to Travel With in Your 30s and 40s
The small signs that you’ve found your people to travel with.
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Your Birthday, After Children
You still get a birthday. It’s just not entirely yours.
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Stay: On staying, and other things that aren’t happening
A 43-second voice note. A whale. And the word that gets the job completely wrong.
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All You Need Is Snacks and Clothes
It is said to defuse the worry. You think about the snacks for a long time after that.
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The Beautiful Chaos of a Mother’s Heart
Two words from an Oscar speech. And a gap in the language of motherhood that suddenly had a name.
