Emily Newton
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 Extraordinary
Dickens had it right long before Brené Brown did, but she certainly dusts his ideas off a bit. […]








