Some Bonds Are Hard to Break
This is so beautiful. The tiles 😭 all of it. The photos! The flash photography makes you and Nate look YOUNGER than when I knew you nearly ten years before!
Thank you! The tiles were always a big defining part of our 1980s kitchen, so it was nuts when they changed.
I guess there are some benefits to flash photography. Ha ha!
Loved this essay, Alex! It was very moving.
Thank you so much!!! I hope you were feted and celebrated this mother's day. Your first as a published author too! How exciting!
Happy mother’s day! I hope you have a lovely weekend with your family!
Thanks! And I hope you have a wonderful Sunday with your mom! I'm sure she's thrilled to have you there for the summer.
Mothers and Godmothers and Mothers-in-Law. She's a good one. As good as it gets. She loves asparagus, and I'll make her asparagus anytime, anywhere.
You can write the asparagus tribute! I like it!
I love the way you connect your own mother to your mothering to godmothering to academic mothering. Your words and pictures tell a beautiful story!
Awe. Thank you! We can mother and be mothered in so many ways. I was hoping to do capture some of that. You know this well being a mother too!
What a lovely ode to mothers everywhere! Happy Mother's Day!
Yes!!!! Thanks! Happy mothers day to our mothers, godmothers, academic mothers, and maternal figures all around!
This is so beautiful. The tiles 😭 all of it. The photos! The flash photography makes you and Nate look YOUNGER than when I knew you nearly ten years before!
Thank you! The tiles were always a big defining part of our 1980s kitchen, so it was nuts when they changed.
I guess there are some benefits to flash photography. Ha ha!
Loved this essay, Alex! It was very moving.
Thank you so much!!! I hope you were feted and celebrated this mother's day. Your first as a published author too! How exciting!
Happy mother’s day! I hope you have a lovely weekend with your family!
Thanks! And I hope you have a wonderful Sunday with your mom! I'm sure she's thrilled to have you there for the summer.
Mothers and Godmothers and Mothers-in-Law. She's a good one. As good as it gets. She loves asparagus, and I'll make her asparagus anytime, anywhere.
You can write the asparagus tribute! I like it!
I love the way you connect your own mother to your mothering to godmothering to academic mothering. Your words and pictures tell a beautiful story!
Awe. Thank you! We can mother and be mothered in so many ways. I was hoping to do capture some of that. You know this well being a mother too!
What a lovely ode to mothers everywhere! Happy Mother's Day!
Yes!!!! Thanks! Happy mothers day to our mothers, godmothers, academic mothers, and maternal figures all around!