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Mother Mentor: Things I Wish I Would’ve Known Before Having a Baby
I’m on the search for “Mothering Mentors,” so I was giddy with excitement when one of my internet friends e-mailed me with this advice:… Read MoreI wanted to send a quick list of some of the things about motherhood that I wish I would have known beforehand. Hope it’s useful on your journey.- Postpartum depression is real and even if there’s no history in your family and even if you had a perfect pregnancy, it is real and not to be ignored. I didn’t seek help for mine until my daughter was 6 1/2 months old because I was so stuck on being organic. I was in denial big time. So,
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Moments of Authenticity
I’ve struggled for a long time to find “my path”–my most authentic wave. Many years ago, I auditioned to work at Princeton Review (as a side job to supplement my teaching income). As part of the interview, we had to do a sample lesson about anything. I chose to do a tutorial about how to make an envelope out a recycled magazine page.A co-interviewee decided to teach about quantum physics. (Please forgive me as I botch his lecture through the lens of my metaphor-obsessed brain.) He talked about how everything in the universe is essentially a wave. He also mentioned that waves can collide and cancel each other out.… Read More -
Collecting and Developing Ideas in Notebooks
I just bought a new notebook, and I figured it was time to hunker down and write a post about the concept of a Writer’s Notebook. I’ve been promising to do it for a while now. I think I’ve been reluctant to do it because I had a sense that it would take me f-o-r-e-v-e-r. Going into one of my old notebooks is like going through a photo album or a box of memorabilia from the past. You know how you just get sucked in and one thing leads to another?The idea of a Writer’s Notebook comes from the writing workshop approach to teaching writing. The gurus of… Read More
