by Sasha Stone | Aug 13, 2013 | AGING, Blog 'em and Weep, KIDOME, TO MUSE
I remember when I first became a mother. I remember because I couldn’t let go of my baby. Literally. I held onto her for a full two weeks, I think, after a long and painful labor. I remember being challenged by the (now seeming simple) act of breastfeeding. I...
by Sasha Stone | May 28, 2010 | FAMILY
12 always seemed like a milestone year to me. 12 is so different from 13, and 14, and 15, and 16 and 17, and 18. When we are growing up, each year represents a whole and particular time in our lives. What does 12 send you back to? It takes me back to the awkward...
by Sasha Stone | May 17, 2010 | Misc
And then there is the matter of home. It didn’t really hit me until last night how homesick I am. I started to panic for the first time because I realized that my little girl is at home feeling a sense of unwanted independence for the first time herself. I was...
by Sasha Stone | Apr 22, 2010 | EVOLUTION-OBSESSION, THE WEIRDNESS OF LIFE, TO MUSE
I came across this story from New Scientist about what makes life worth living if you take away religion. From a brain perspective, there ought to be a good reason why a person feels like bothering with this life. It ain’t easy. It ain’t pretty. And it...
by Sasha Stone | May 24, 2008 | Blog 'em and Weep
You know Emma’s my daughter because she has somehow altered the words of Van Morrison’s Beautiful Vision into a jingle, “beautiful vehicle, velvety passenger’s seat…” It’s funny. Well, I thought it was funny. Maybe Van...