When You’re a Touched Out Mama
As soon as I got out of bed, my older son started playfully pummeling me, socking me right in the ribs. And just when I sat down to drink my tea, the two-year-old decided to marathon-nurse for 30...
View ArticleSpring Flowers & Sleepless Nights
This week was tired. This week was first spring flowers. This week was sleepless. This week was happily digging in the dirt. This week was new beginnings and tired ruts. This week blessed me, and...
View ArticleFlowering Trees
For National Poetry Month, a poem of mine, which I keep thinking of as all the trees become full with blossoms. It first appeared in Prairie Schooner and then in my book, Morph and Bloom. Flowering...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Story?
This week I was thrilled to publish two new pieces. I got to delve into the past, and tell the stories I have turned over and over in my head for decades. Really fun and freeing. The first was a piece...
View Article10 Breastfeeding Myths Debunked
I have been helping women breastfeed their babies for six years, and have been nursing my own children for over eight years, but I am still floored when I hear some of the things women are told about...
View ArticleThank You, Mom
This Mother’s Day, I’m thinking of my mother. She was a single mom for most of my childhood, but I didn’t really get what that meant until I became a mother myself. I still can’t really know, since...
View ArticleIt Goes So Fast…I’m Holding On
My two-year-old requires that I spend about half his nap lying with him/nursing him. Well, not requires it, but that’s how it’s always been. And if I don’t come to him, he will take a shorter nap and...
View ArticleHow To Get Through a Nursing Strike
Scenario 1: Your eight-month-old seems to be teething. He bit you while nursing and you screamed at the top of your lungs (ouch!). Now your baby cries when he comes to your breast, and refuses to...
View ArticleThe Gravity of It
Nothing in my life is convenient right now. Being poked by a two-year-old at 4am most mornings? Nope. Never eating a meal without having to feed other people at the same time? I don’t think so. Never...
View ArticleMy Grandparents’ Garden
The old aqua blue telephone on the patio table. The pansies my grandfather planted in a neat row. And the dahlias—oh those beautiful, intense, many-petaled dahlias—in a tall wooden pot next to the...
View ArticleJust Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should
It feels good to feel wanted. I have felt that these past few months. Awesome places want to publish my work (and, often, pay me for it). New mommies want my help and advice. And of course, my...
View ArticleIs It Normal Not to Like Breastfeeding?
Many mothers start off thinking of breastfeeding simply as a feeding method. In those first few weeks, they want to be sure they are doing it right—and, of course, that their baby is getting enough to...
View ArticleNursing In The Dark
My son will be three in September. Nursing has been changing lately. Most of it is done at naptime and bedtime/wake-up. I realized today that I can’t remember the last time he nursed during the day. A...
View ArticleWhat I Hope For My Children Now That Same-Sex Marriage is Legal
I was so incredibly happy when I heard the news that gay marriage was legalized everywhere in America. It struck a chord on so many levels. I have lots of dear friends who are gay and are raising...
View ArticleCrazy Commenters on Social Media (Or, What is Wrong With the World?)
Writing for internet publications is a funny thing. I have been blessed to be published widely, and it is thrilling to be able to connect so readily with my audience, and get paid for it! As a writer...
View ArticleQ & A With Christine Organ, Author of OPEN BOXES
I am so pleased to introduce Christine Organ, a fabulous writer and friend! What I love about Christine is how honest and genuine she is, both as a writer and as a person. As I read her beautiful book,...
View Article25 Things I Want Breastfeeding Moms to Know
1. We’ve all had days when we wanted to give up. 2. There are breastfeeding helpers out there who won’t judge you. Keep looking till you find one who makes you feel safe and supported. 3....
View ArticleThe Time I Was Shamed For Breastfeeding In Public
Sharing a new article I wrote for RoleReboot about the time I was asked to leave a Subway restaurant while nursing my first son. That was over 8 years ago, but I can still feel the way my throat...
View ArticleEnd of Summer Sorrow
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the last week of summer vacation. Sigh. It’s been a good summer in many ways. In July, my husband (who is a full-time teacher during the school year) worked part-time...
View ArticleThe Gift of A New Year
Both of my parents are Jewish and were brought up with Jewish customs and culture. But they were atheists for most of my childhood, and we seldom celebrated Jewish holidays. We lit the menorah some...
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