Emily Newton
Still in Diapers at Thirty
We started potty-training Annie last weekend, and while it was certainly all-encompassing for a few […]
Summer Bucket Lists and Taking a Seat at the Table
I ended the school year a few days ago by high-fiving my seniors au-revoir at […]
Dirty Pump Parts: A Mama’s Muck and Mire
I wonder if there will ever again be a time when my sleep cycles extend […]
On Being Eleven, I Mean Twenty-Eight
A few months after my daughter was born, I began preparing her and myself for […]
A Mama’s Grace in a Culture of “Do”
My daughter turned one a few weeks ago, and as is apparently the case whenever I […]
Capon and Cupcakes: My Daughter’s Baptism
I’m a new mom stuck in a game where no matter how skilled I might […]
Hot Cheetos and a Little Post-Partum Grace
I currently live in a cliché. I am four weeks into motherhood, sitting in a […]
Conceiving Advent Differently
As I stumble through the door of the fourth baby shower or “sprinkle” I have […]
Ubuntu and the Sharpened Pencils: Welcome Back to School
Over the next several weeks, children will enter new classrooms across the country, sporting shiny […]
Identity, Ass, and the Wrong Context
Emily Newton on the new phenomenon of social media anonymity, and the teenage quest for a powerful new name.
Too Great of Expectations? Being Ordinary in a Culture of Extra …
Dickens had it right long before Brené Brown did, but she certainly dusts his ideas off a bit. […]
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