Content: motherhood

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When Sarah moves to India with her husband seeking motherhood and adventure, she never imagined she'd find herself in a dinky medical clinic undergoing fertility treatment and questioning the meaning of family, much less that it would lead to the fulfilment of a decade-old prophecy of "a dark-skinned child".

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Read it, the whole way through, by the end you will understand.

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My story is a novelistic yet factual account of my personal journey of moving to India with my husband. I am in search of adventure and motherhood, but as I struggle to find my feet in a foreign land, I also traverse a rocky path to parenthood. It is a fortuneteller’s prophecy of a “dark-skinned child” which proves my hardest test; my emotional battle with infertility in a developing country makes me contemplate my need for birth children. India’s poverty (her street children, orphans, and child labourers) influences me to question my priorities, and I follow a path of personal growth that is lined with uncertainty and fear. When my husband and I decide to adopt a child we face another set of hurdles. Our touching journey leads us to Cambodia where the clairvoyant’s prediction comes true.

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I don't have the whole story worked out yet, but I need some feedback before I go on. Basic premise: What if a young, pregnant musician who doesn't know if she wants to become a mother meets up with a woman who has seen herself as becoming a mother all her life, but can't get pregnant?

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Recently read a poem about the trials of American motherhood. Mothers in America don't realize how good they have it. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ Reading and seeing recent videos about the plight of women in the Middle-East (and elsewhere) bothers me. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ This is a poem I published in eight eZines by this title, or Whisss... Chang!≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ Birth, Murder, Abuse, Motherhood, Twins, Spouse, Innocence, Death penalty guillotine ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈

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This is my excursion into lawlessness as I was arrested when I was stood up by my date--Senator Ted Kennedy.

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This could also be called creative non-fiction, I suppose. I'm new to this, but please be honest with your critique. Does it seem finished? I know it's quite short.

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On my walks, gees, sometimes a poem just jumps into my mind already hatched and writes itself. Don't know if this works, but here it goes.==== Alternate title is: Youme or Meyou. ==== If your were a twin in the womb what your you call your twin? Youme or Meyou? === 9th month, dark, sun’s gravity pulls up, the moon pulls to one side. The twins prepare to enter a brave new world... UPDATE FOR THIS POEM (12/2/2010) - I have had this published 7 times. This poem hit a resounding cord with many editors/readers. thanks - max

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Raised dirt poor, mama was determined her girls grow up educated and cultured. My parents made their way to Southern California before the Great Depression. Through determination and sacrifice, mama gave her girls the knowledge and tools they needed to earn lifelong admiration and respect. These stories are for her. All feedback very welcome

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Jill Hardman uses the ancient bush remedy of swallowing three red seeds to bring on a miscarriage in an effort to save her career in the mining industry. During the seven day wait for the remedy to work her resolve begins to wane.

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This is my emerging memoir. For the time being, each chapter is a stand-alone "episode," and I have not yet determined the framework for tying them together. Don't worry about reviewing them in order. Imagine that I am making a necklace, and I am crafting the beads one at a time; once they are crafted, I will string them in a pleasing and relevant order, adding the necessary transitions at that time. This memoir will include my childhood in the 1970's, teens in the 1980's, motherhood beginning in 1994. The main themes of the larger work relate to three diagnoses in my forties: Borderline Personality Disorder, Bi-polar Disorder, and Breast Cancer.

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