Were you ever lost as a child and the experience shook you so much that the experience sticks with you today? When I was young, my cousin and I were playing together at a park — a proving grounds — during a Fourth of July city celebration and it was a night I will never forget.
Continue reading → The Second Betrayal: Stung in the Smothering Sky
We all know a life is worth six bucks, but as a child I found out the first betrayal is worth five dollars. There are some betrayals that are so base and so entirely intimate that one is seared forever in the sacred memory and by the sanctity of the moment.
Continue reading → The First Betrayal: A Five Dollar Beating
The other day Janna and I were walking around Journal Square. I was looking one way and Janna another when she saw what I missed: A young woman stepping into the street in the middle of traffic.
When you think of a mother, or of motherhood, what images and feelings pop into your mind? Are those thoughts and emotions all glowing and comforting?
Is there any hardness or open hurt in your heart?
If you are a mother, how is your relationship with your offspring different than the relationship you had with your mother?
Do you treat your kids better than your mother treated you?
Is motherhood a title?
Is motherhood a state of mind?
Or is motherhood something else we can define down across cultures and ethnicities and nations to agree on a set of behaviors and beliefs?
by Malaika Booker-Wright
In recent years, single parenting has become more mainstream, especially as a result of the decisions by courts and adoption agencies. Some people oppose singles adopting children, citing that single men and women do not make good parents. A good parent is one who loves unconditionally; is comforting; is patient; sets and enforces limits; listens and understands; and sets examples among other things. A single person can embody all of these qualities and, therefore, makes a good parent.
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