Writing in the margins of motherhood

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Thresholds
Beginnings, endings, and what we can hold
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Melissa Poulin
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February 2023
Waiting
On the Eucharist as a place where we wait together
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Melissa Poulin
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January 2023
On Jonah and the Whale and Turning 40
Or, in my 30s I learned to be a mother
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Melissa Poulin
December 2022
Tools of Peace
On the struggle to hold onto internal peace
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Melissa Poulin
October 2022
Year of the Winged Gourd
In which things don't quite turn out as planned
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Melissa Poulin
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August 2022
Minute Rice
and other big small things
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Melissa Poulin
2
May 2022
The Doll Crib
On mothers and daughters and giving a little bit more
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Melissa Poulin
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April 2022
Imposter
On naming things and who we really are
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Melissa Poulin
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March 2022
On hard things
When worry takes up a lot of space.
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Melissa Poulin
January 2022
On finding rest
What happens when we take a break from the never-ending to-do list?
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Melissa Poulin
November 2021
The Kitchen Desk
What if it's not about clearing the clutter?
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Melissa Poulin
Unseen
October 2021
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