mother

There is no pain like sitting in a completely nursery waiting for a new baby that will never come home.

You don't have to feel lost without your children, or miss them to the point of paralysis to be a good, even a great, mother.

Why does his makeup look better than mine EVER HAS IN MY LIFE?

After gaining as much as forty pounds and pushing a cantaloupe out my vagina, I wondered: will my body ever be the same?

He told me there was nothing we could have done. He told me it happens sometimes. But it had never happened to me, so none of that mattered.

Bipolar disorder isn't something given, not like gift on your birthday, not neatly wrapped. Yet, what if I've given my children bipolar disorder?

I didn't have even an ounce of energy to spare to process my own feelings. Everything I had went to my son.

As much as I love the idea of family, I actually like not being married, and I actually like not being a mother right now.