Notes From The Motherfield is an edited column of fieldnotes, essays, and writings of various shapes and durations by motherwriters.
Category: Notes From the Motherfield

Christine Simokaitis
It Happens Like This by Christine Simokaitis I think I’m having a miscarriage. Yesterday morning I took the pregnancy test and told Tim the happy news, but then at the …

Adria Bernardi
motherhood is requiring that much listening / over time by Adria Bernardi “Between 10 and 18 months a baby’s emotions are developed. Emotions are clearly connected with long-term memory.” “The …

Soma Mei Sheng Frazier
Motherhood as Grand Mal (And a Few Other Things) by Soma Mei Sheng Frazier Childless friends often ask me to describe it: life as a mother. But how? Once …

Shefali Milczarek-Desai
Living In-Between by Shefali Milczarek-Desai I was on the phone with my parents pronouncing my sons’ Indian names with a Gujarati accent when my five-year old son loudly corrected me, …

Monica J. Casper
Invisible Labors: Toward a Theory and Praxis of Sustainable Feminism by Monica J. Casper In memory of Dennis J. Struck sust•ain•a•ble adjective 1. able to be used without being completely …