No one was more surprised than my husband and I when the doctor told us I was seven weeks pregnant. Exactly one year to the day before, they said I would never be able to have children. I was almost 43 years old. My frame was too small for the baby which affected the position […]
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A Spirit Unbroken
The Incident The separation was two months before that day she went to meet her soon to be ex-husband at his motel room. She brought their infant son along for the visit. She asked about child support. “You’ll be lucky if you get fifty dollars!” he said. Suddenly furious, her husband picked up the playing […]
Women’s History Month: Re-writing the Narrative
When we hear the often-used quote “Well behaved women seldom make history” it is often attributed to famous women such as Eleanor Roosevelt or Marilyn Monroe. However, the quote is actually from Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, a Pulitzer Prize winning historian who studies early America and the history of women. As we celebrate women’s history month […]