Tag: motherhood
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Survivor Mama: New Life after Sexual Assault
Today I am seven years a survivor. So grateful to the Good Mother Project for publishing this piece yesterday. It’s time to use my voice again. It’s time to speak the truth. When I got pregnant, I didn’t realize I was a rape survivor. Mere hours after my son was conceived, I sat in our counselor’s…
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And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
I walked beneath a cherry blossom tree, my 6-month-old son strapped to my chest. Facing outward, he reached out his tiny, curious fingers as I held a branch down to eye level. As his tiny hands gently closed around the soft, pink petals, I leaned down to steal a glance at his pensive face. His…
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Creating New Life, One Step at a Time
Hi friends. It’s been a while. So much has happened in the last nine months since last I wrote, not the least of which is getting pregnant with our very first child. A child! Our child! Our son, to be exact. Jacob. This week I passed the 35 week mark, which means we are in…
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What if There is a Life More Beautiful Than I Dreamed?
I can’t remember a time I didn’t know in my gut I wanted to be a writer, or that just as ardently, I wanted to be a wife and a mother. Sure, as a child I also thought I might be a ballerina or a taxi driver, but even so, in my imagined future there…
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Big Decisions
In the spring of 2010, I packed up all of my belongings and jumped into my trusty Honda to start a new chapter in my life. I had spent the last 5 years in Seattle, Washington, a beautiful, quirky, wonderful city which had begun to feel more like home than any place I’d ever lived.…
Erin Curlett 