Good news! My essay "Third Baby" just got published on-line at Literary Mamaat:
http://www.literarymama.com/creativenonfiction/
The ladies there were so friendly, supportive and responsive. It was a great experience working with them. I hope to do it again soon.
Hope you like the essay!
yeah! i love it. your descriptions of the girls as warm, rosy jewels and steaming bowls of warm milk encapsulates the yummy and fleeting moments of mamahood. the essay really resonates with me as i have recently had "the urge" which has been met with conversations rife with similar practicality from my male counterpart. for me, it really brings up questions of faith and the mental traps of feeling limited---big themes for we, witchy women. i do not want a third child to feel like a limiting factor---it should be an expansive venture! another magical child should only bring good tidings, not poverty! blah, blah blah....but thank goddess, i suppose, for our men who "keep it real." but really, none of us have a crystal ball---i'd rather err on the side of faith that everything works out. children are always a mitzvah, a blessing. ok--your essay obviously touched a nerve!
ReplyDeleteI just read it and followed your link here. You described everything I have felt but have not been able to express - in particular, the deep need to just hear from your husband that he wants a baby too. Why is that so important to us, to hear that? Anyway,thank you for sharing this story!
ReplyDeleteYour essay really resonated with me. You were able to articulate everything that I have been feeling for the past while. Strangely, your husband's discussion points sound very similar to my husband's. Must be something hard-wired on both sides!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the comments! It has been so great to have something as personal as that essay get sensitive and understanding comments from you ladies out there in cyberspace. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI just happened upon your essay at literary mamas, and I feel like I could have written many of those same words.
ReplyDeleteI'm 38 (live in MA), have two wonderful, healthy boys, and yet I feel like a big weight has been on my shoulders for the past few years. Do we have 3rd? Do we not have a 3rd? CAN I have a 3rd? I'm in limbo and can't move forward. Oh, and I get terribly sick too. Lost 13 pounds with the last one...and still, I think about a 3rd.
Thanks for writing the essay.