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When Grandmothers Are Mothers Of The Soil

May 9, 2014 No Comments

I planted Begonia’s this year. They were my grandma’s favorites. I didn’t learn a lot from my grandma, except when to stay silent, how to dig deeply, and this white-girl love for basketball. I take the long, pointed scooper, bend low on a stump I find randomly around our property. And there, along the cement slab, […]

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What does it Means to be a “good” Mother? 11 Children Later.

May 12, 2012 11 Comments

What does it mean to be a “good” mother? I have often asked and wondered. Going into parenting, 19 years ago, I was oblivious to it’s description. I boiled rice. Burnt toast. Struggled with the all night need to rock and hold my babies. And not sleeping, of course. I had no idea how to wash […]