September 2015 Issue
Table of Contents
Editor’s Letter: New Beginnings
Essay: When We Were Two by Dorothy Rice
There’s no reliving those days when the clock stopped at midnight and I left my kids, now as old as I was then, to the care of others, while I pounded out analyses for legislation long forgotten or superseded, flew through the capitol’s hallowed halls as if I owned the place, bantered and bartered with a cast of characters who thought no more of me than I did of them. It was the price I believed I had to pay to get ahead.
Essay: Pieces of Him by Sara Tickanen
The nurse was still talking, but I hadn’t heard a word. “The pill that they put inside of you is basically telling your body that it’s time to go into labor. Your water should probably break soon, but if it doesn’t they will break it manually. Things will progress like normal labor… Our son was dead, but I still had to go through labor.
Feature: Postcards from the Sandwiched by Amy Yelin
I’ve been spending the last two years both helping my parents move out of their house while helping my exceedingly anxious 18-year-old daughter get her brain around that she’s going to college. We went to look at schools and she had a panic attack. It’s been a tough process. And I feel like I’m constantly bouncing from one anxiety-ridden thing to another.
Fiction: Losing Hart by Hannah Thurman
“Did you know Elsa is the first Disney princess not to be a teenager?” Hart says, twisting her thumb out of the glove so she can scroll down the screen. “She’s 21. And she’s only the second princess to have magical powers.”
Debate: Should Kids Have Homework in Elementary School?
NO! By Stephanie Sprenger
YES! By Sarah Rudell Beach
Nutshell: Oh, Nuts by Charlene Oldham
The simple answer is that we don’t definitively know why food allergy among children has risen at such a dramatic rate.
Poetry: In the Absence of My Son, By Christine Poreba
Poetry: How to Love Your Teenage Daughter by Jennifer L. Freed
Poetry: The Photograph by Laura Snell
Motherwit: Warts & All by Sharon Trumpy
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Cover art: By LuLu Blaquiere
“The symbolism of elephants is magnificent and strong. I wanted to depict the special relationship between mother and child through this symbolism.”
