Happy 70th Birthday Mama. It’s taken me days to put my thoughts to paper. I’ve wanted to write to you…Read More
Tag: Mothers
the delicate smell of my mother’s life lingers
A couple times a year I take down the box of my late mother’s clothes and unpack it. Inside is…Read More
the children I never knew
Warning and apologies, this post may be very painful to read, as I share how I lost my first child…Read More
How we are remembered
A few years ago, as my children and I looked through a photo album of my childhood, we came across…Read More
centering myself
Two years ago I made a new year’s resolution to become a vegan. I’ll admit my decision had nothing to…Read More
before she was my mother
We boarded a train heading east to a place I was told I had visited as a child, but couldn’t…Read More
my mother’s blueprint for life
My mother gave me a blueprint for life, well more like conceptual drawings, with limited instructions. I love her to…Read More
in search of my mother…
“When I called in the spring to say hello to your grandmother she told me you were coming soon. I…Read More
the day my mother died
“Dorotka, wake up,” my aunt was kneeling beside my bed. It was a single mattress on top of a box…Read More
Spilled milk
My mother went grocery shopping on Saturdays, almost always. It was the easiest time I guess with her busy work…Read More