Category Archives: motherhood

I feel better already

Posted on January 9, 2016 by jyourist

I just finished talking with my 88 year-old mother who is in assisted living, in a memory-enhanced unit. This last week I was pretty sick, had the chills, couldn’t get warm, but now I am on the upswing with just … Continue reading →

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“After 37 Years My Mother Apologizes for My Childhood” by Sharon Olds

Posted on November 27, 2015 by jyourist

When you tilted toward me, arms out like someone trying to walk through a fire, when you swayed toward me, crying out you were sorry for what you had done to me, your eyes filling with terrible liquid like balls … Continue reading →

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