Learning to Live Without Another Baby
My Struggle with High-Risk Pregnancies
By Robyn Cuspin
For awhile, I bided my time. I went to the gym, and met friends for coffee. I enjoyed these months without bottles and diapers because I knew that the next load waited just around the corner. Until a series of miscarriages...
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Chana and Penina
A Lesson In Sensitivity
By Robyn Cuspin
We read the story of Chana and Penina on Rosh Hashanah, when we pray for a good, sweet year. We pray for abundant blessings. Yet I believe there is a lesson in their story, cautioning us that with blessings come responsibility...
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The Unlit Candle
Seeking Wholeness After the Loss of A Baby
By Robyn Cuspin
Without a candle to light, there is no external testament to these other two souls, who lived briefly and invisibly as members of our family. There is only a feeling of loss in the air...
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Walking On
Moving Forward After Miscarriage
By Robyn Cuspin
I place one foot in front of the other, and I walk forward into an uncertain future that contains moments of both pleasure and pain. This act takes courage...
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Almost Twins
By Robyn Cuspin
Happily contemplating the way our family was now growing on the fast track, I didn't honestly consider the second ultrasound as anything more than a technicality...
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The Missing Ponytail
The Importance of Individuality in Children
By Robyn Cuspin
It seems that my daughter is expected to appear in school each day with a ponytail, which is taken as a sign that she has a good mother. And I have foolishly allowed her to choose how she wishes to wear her hair...
Women » Motherhood & Childrearing » Joys and Challenges » The Missing Ponytail
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Playing It Safe
By Robyn Cuspin
When tragedy finally came, these rules could not protect me, and it forced me to confront the real costs of playing it safe. How much had I missed out on, I wondered, as I traveled the safe route?
Women » Women's Narrative » Personal Stories » Life Lessons » Playing It Safe
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Due Date
By Robyn Cuspin
How do I close this unlocked chamber of longing? These days are swollen with unspoken meaning. My body transcribes the calligraphy of loss, Encoding simple conversations With concealed grieving.
Women » Readers Write » Poetry » The Struggles of Life » Due Date
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Growing Up in the Shadow of OCD
By Robyn Cuspin
I can't blame my mother, whose illness and family history prevented her from being able to mother, nor can I blame my grandmother for raising a daughter unable to mother...
Women » Women's Health & Concerns » Mental Health » Growing Up in the Shadow of OCD
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With My Arms Open
By Robyn Cuspin
Already at age five, I had moved much further beyond my own mother's boundaries than my daughter could ever imagine, and by age eleven, I had broken out of those boundaries entirely...
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