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February 6, 2025
The Realities of Friendship Post-Kids
By Leslie Price and Marquita Harris In January, we asked readers without kids to describe their relationships with their friends who are mothers. Responses poured in; some surprising, some devastating. We were moved by how much kindness, understanding, and patience were captured in all of your thoughtful words. What we gathered from your responses (and…
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By Ines Bellina In late March of 2024, I woke up with a persistent ache in my upper torso that I immediately recognized as a biliary colic. I had been dealing with those symptoms since January and was stubbornly waiting to go to Peru, my home country, to finally get my gallbladder removed. Being hospitalized…
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What Makes a “Good Mother”?
By Nancy Reddy Neither my husband nor I knew anything about babies before ours was born. But I was the one who carried the baby; I was his mother. I’d expected to be transformed. I’d absorbed such deep messages about the magic of motherhood, how once the baby was born, my deep love for him…