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Seth Lind interviews my daughter. And she, um, embarrasses me.
Actress Tilda Swinton on early parenthood, in an AP article about her new film We Need to Talk About Kevin, based on the book of the same title. “I remember very soon after giving birth realizing that my imagination had taken on a kind of brutal capacity that it had never had before,” said Swinton, […]
Do you live in or near NYC? I’m excited to announce LST’s first live performance. Seth Lind, This American Life’s production manager asked me to tell an LST story at his storytelling stage show, TOLD. This month’s theme is “I Made a Person.” Hope to see you there! Monday, May 16 @ 7:00 p.m. UNDER […]
Saturday morning, completely unexpectedly, Sasha stopped nursing. We were down to just one feeding per day and before this weekend she seemed to really be enjoying it. But when I brought her to bed and offered her the boob this time, she did the thing she does when I offer her food she doesn’t want: […]
Yesterday I interviewed Kate Bowman-Johnston, who recently wrote an article on LST for Catapult magazine. In the article she mentions a song from her childbirth mix that made her cry often after her daughter Adelle was born. It reminded me of the mix that I’d made for Sasha’s arrival. Before things went awry, I got […]
Are you a mom who has found solace in the stories on this blog and podcast? Would you like to hear more? I am in the process of writing some proposals to try to make sure I can keep this project going on a regular basis. Any support you can show will help—become a Facebook […]
In music class and at the pool the mothers of the most rambunctious kids always say to me, “Sasha seems so easy. Is she easy?” It’s a tough question to answer because I sort of don’t believe that taking care of any young child is easy (though lots of moms tell me that it is […]
Listener Kate Bowman-Johnston recently interviewed me for the online magazine Catapult. I could tell from her questions that she totally got LST. And her article showed me that I was right. Read about Kate’s longest shortest time here. It involves Sitz baths and crying in the bathroom. And a song to help you get through […]
Here’s what I knew about myself as a newborn before I became a mom: I weighed four-and-a-half pounds (though I wasn’t a preemie); my parents took me from the hospital against doctors’ orders, before I had gained the required amount of weight to leave; and I had shockingly orange hair (I come from two brunettes). […]