Sunday, February 14, 2010

Cry, Baby

Check out a friend's nonfiction piece about mothering a child who won't, who can't, it turns out, stop crying. It's smart, brave, informative, heartbreaking. Every parent should read this.

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Rebecca Rasmussen said...
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Rebecca Rasmussen said...
Also, I didn't mention how honest this story is, in light of the fact that we all want to be "good" mothers and don't want to betray other people's notions that we are (and we are, by the way, despite or perhaps most accurately BECAUSE of our deepest, darkest feelings).

"These are the days when Birds come back/a very few/a Bird or two/to take a backward look."

"These are the days when Birds come back/a very few/a Bird or two/to take a backward look."