We first recorded the mothers alone in their cages for 5 min following a 10-min separation period from their offspring (R1:Mother Alone). Both SD and WKY mothers emitted USVs within 12 call categories previously described64, including negative 22 kHz calls, trills and other frequency-modulated ...
I Am Mother: Directed by Grant Sputore. With Luke Hawker, Rose Byrne, Maddie Lenton, Hazel Sandery. In the wake of humanity's extinction, a teenage girl is raised by a robot designed to repopulate the earth. But their unique bond is threatened when an in
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a woman whose only child had been relinquished and adopted. In years past I might have ignored her well-meant gesture, but I'd known her for a while and felt comfortable speaking up. Besides, she had several more days to remind other mothers of loss that this godawful holiday was upon ...
Those who long for the embrace of their own child Those who never gave birth but are mothers still Those for whom this day is steeped in grief and the gaping spaces left empty by loss Those who feel adored and appreciated Those who wade through today unthanked ...
I’m going to aim for one post a week again, but I am trying to figure out a new work routine with the two lovely little ladies here (I started last month! Has it been crazy trying to work at home with a toddler and a 3-month old and no babysitter? I’d say YES.). I also...
And it doesn’t take years of therapy to know that this harkens back to my teen years. I don’t have any tattoos, but if I’d gotten one back then it would’ve probably been an alligator on my left breast or a ribbon belt of nautical flags around my waist. Thank God for my fear...
Good mums inconvenienced only themselves, and once everybody else was well looked after, there might just be a bit of space left for me to look after myself. For a while, I did OK at self-care: weekly pilates, meeting up with friends, getting out in nature, long bubble baths - all...
Morons like this just acted like this was their home and they could just behave without regard for those around them. The loud phone talkers. The coughers. The grinning-like-idiots parents, letting their toddler run free. Expecting everyone to just smile and see their ugly baby is as precio...
The title mother starts when you hold that baby, toddler, or child you gave birth to or adopted. You may be an aunt, like a mother to a family member. You may not have wanted to have children of your own. We are different, and that’s what makes life so interesting. I am ...