Table of Contents
ESSAY
The Boulangerie
Revisiting ghosts in Paris
By Sue Sanders
ESSAY
The Secret Life
A new friendship blooms, then withers, after the baby is born
By Kate Haas
ESSAY
The Importance of Keeping Ernest
An outdoor adventure with the preschool class turtle
By Susan Vaughan Moshofsky
ESSAY
Turning Black
A child wonders if she will change colors
By Rachel Pieh Jones
ESSAY
The Post Game Report
What happens when the kids have a losing game?
By Randi Olin
ESSAY
That Look
An adoptive mother’s reaction to a stranger’s glare
By Rosemary Jones
FEATURE
Conversation Starters
Talking about child sexual abuse prevention
By Catherine Buni
ESSAY
The Seder
Making amends at an ex-husband’s Seder
By Marcelle Soviero
ESSAY
Invisible Family
There’s a difference between mom and mama
By Ashley Davis
ESSAY
Hearing Langston’s Smile
A blind mother hears her son’s smile
By Kristen Witucki
FICTION
Lisa’s Bath
A distracted single mother learns to pay attention
By Franklin Klavon
