The spring session of Mindful Moms starts Monday, April 25th!
We meet at 359 Clinton Street (corner of DeGraw) at the office of Dr. Eric Kenworthy in Brooklyn.
Group meets from 2:30 - 4 for 6 Mondays.
Call Charlotte at 646-673-5679 or email charlotte.malkmus@gmail.com if you'd like to register.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Neonatology
This excerpt of Elizabeth Alexander's poignant poem, "Neonatology" was read on Krista Tippet's "On Being" program on NPR on January 6th, as a part of a piece called "Words that Shimmer."
Giving birth is like jazz, something from silence,
then all of it. Long, elegant boats,
blood-boiling sunshine, human cargo,
a handmade kite —
Postpartum.
No longer a celebrity, pregnant lady, expectant.
It has happened; you are here,
each dram you drain a step away
from flushed and floating, lush and curled.
Now you are the pink one, the movie star.
It has happened. You are here,
and you sing, mewl, holler, peep,
swallow the light and bubble it back,
shine, contain multitudes, gleam. You
are the new one, the movie star,
and birth is like jazz,
from silence and blood, silence
then everything,
jazz.The full poem can be found on Elizabeth Alexander's website.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
New moms get their own word
A recent post on the NY Times motherlode blog includes the word "Neomamma," to describe the phenomenon that is the brand-new mom. Melissa Sher, founder of the website mammalingo, writes:
You know who doesn’t have their own dictionary entry? New moms. It’s bold, but I’m going to take it upon myself to speak for every new mom ever to say that we deserve a word of our own. We want something to describe being a first-time, clueless new mother who doesn’t know what she’s doing, doesn’t yet have maternal instinct (but thinks she’s supposed to) and is still bleeding and wearing maternity clothes. Oh, and did I forget to mention that she’s a wee bit tired? I don’t want to do your work for you, but I was thinking she could be called a “neomamma.”
To read the rest of the post, click here.
You know who doesn’t have their own dictionary entry? New moms. It’s bold, but I’m going to take it upon myself to speak for every new mom ever to say that we deserve a word of our own. We want something to describe being a first-time, clueless new mother who doesn’t know what she’s doing, doesn’t yet have maternal instinct (but thinks she’s supposed to) and is still bleeding and wearing maternity clothes. Oh, and did I forget to mention that she’s a wee bit tired? I don’t want to do your work for you, but I was thinking she could be called a “neomamma.”
To read the rest of the post, click here.
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