Motherhood & Words®

"It takes courage to write about motherhood in a culture that sets women with children on the sidelines, and it takes even greater courage to give voice to the powerful emotions and fears that swirl deep beneath the surface of our daily lives..." -Kathleen Hirsch and Katrina Kenison, Mothers

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

weaning and weeping

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I went cold turkey on Zoë on yesterday. On Monday I went to the acupuncturist to help with my general malaise and to get an immune system b...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

a scare

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On Thursday night while I was nursing Zoë (yes, we’re back to bedtime nursing because of her recent cold and ear infection), I experienced ...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

i guess that's life

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It’s been an odd few days. I had a lovely birthday on Saturday—a really perfect day with breakfast in bed (strawberries doused in sugar and ...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

i double-dare you

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A year and a half ago, Andrea Buchanan’s and Miriam Peskowitz ’s The Daring Book for Girls entered the book world with a raucous yee -haw! ...
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Monday, June 8, 2009

mama phd

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Over the last couple of months I have been slowly making my way through Elrena Evans’ and Caroline Grant’s Mama PhD: Women Write about Moth...
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Friday, June 5, 2009

my girls

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I’ ve been really enjoying my girls lately. Enjoying them, that is, when the older one doesn ’t channel a thirteen-year-old, complete with ...
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Monday, June 1, 2009

the vanda

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A few weeks ago, I posted about Mimi's orchid, the one I chose from her greenhouse after she died. I had almost given up hope that it w...
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I'm a mama and writer and teacher. I've been helping mothers tell the stories they need to tell since 2006. I'm the author of Use Your Words: A Writing Guide for Mothers and Ready for Air: A Journey Through Premature Motherhood, winner of a 2014 MIPA Midwest Book Award, and co-author of Silent Running, a memoir of one family’s journey with autism and running. My writing has appeared in a number of journals, including Brevity, Los Angeles Review of Books, The New York Times online and Poets & Writers. I have an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and I teach online, in Ashland University’s Low-residency MFA program, and at the Loft Literary Center. For more information about my work visit www.katehopper.com. Join the discussion!
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