The Long Middle
Merva | The Long MiddleMotherhood as it’s lived: not rushed, not romanticized, not reduced to survival. Words for women who want language for the in-between, and permission to remain whole inside it.
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Stop handing new mothers your experience like it’s a forecast
My son turned one recently, and I’ve been sitting with that for a few weeks now, trying to figure out what I actually want to say about it, because I do have so much I want to say about my first year of motherhood.
I think there’s a versio...
I wished away a stage in my child’s life and I don’t feel bad about it
In my last publication, I admitted something I wasn’t sure I was allowed to say: I wanted to fast-forward the crawling-only stage of motherhood. Not because I didn’t love my child, but because I was tired in a way I hadn’t expected, a way I...
I want this stage of motherhood to be over
Sometimes I catch myself wishing my baby would just grow up faster.
Even writing that sentence makes me wince a little. feels like something mothers aren’t supposed to say out loud.
And the thing is, I already miss parts of it. I miss the...
Admitting that some days are hard erases the love for your child. Apparently
Sometimes it feels really lonely being the parent who witnesses everything. Every tantrum, every tear, every joy, every tiny meltdown that doesn’t even make sense to anyone else.
The other day, I had to cancel a brunch date with a friend,...
I prefer child-free friends over moms who don’t get it
I moved to this city almost three years ago. Lived my life. Built my rhythms. Then I became a mom.
It wasn’t until recently that a mutual friend made the connection and realized another woman she knew had moved here around the same time I...
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I love to laugh :) I live at the intersection of creativity, movement, nourishment, and motherhood, and I write about staying a whole person while becoming a mother.
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