By Christy Crowe Hughes THE CONCEPT OF adoption is very old—it is part of our earliest Judeo-Christian myths (Moses for example). Although it is an essential social mechanism for taking care of vulnerable populations of children, adoption is fraught with deep shame and trauma that affects all three parties in the adoption “triangle”: the birth …
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Transitioning
By Tiffany Singer In every way it was a typical baby shower: we played a few games, ate finger foods, and watched the mother open gifts. We admired a handmade baby quilt and cooed over adorable Baby Gap onesies, tiny booties, and the like. Eventually the planned activities gave way to chatter. I listened to …
Choice and Accountability
By Dana Haight Cattani Children are an heritage of the Lord . . . Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them. —Psalms 127:3, 5 My friend Leah1 recently turned 30 and a few weeks later gave birth to her fourth child—an unexpected bundle of joy. Her eldest is six. The children …
Poem: Mitosis
By Noelle Carter To be a woman is to be heavy, to know the elements, one by one, to return to the earth which first gave life, to feel its weight, and to come forth again. A naiad is light and air in elusive flame. Her heart is bound to nothing and flies free. But …
An Almost Invisible Tragedy
By Jenni Brighton Just for today I hate everyone I know who is pregnant. And everyone who has gotten pregnant on the first month they tried, or who got pregnant without trying, or who didn’t want to get pregnant but did anyway. Just for today I hate everyone who has ever taken conception or pregnancy …