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  • Right Here, Right Now

    Shenna Fitzgerald January 16, 2021 essays

    By Shenna Fitzgerald. What is it about the pungent sweet and sour smell of a newborn wrapped in velvety skin that makes mothers cry?

    newborns, pregnancy, infants, motherhood, parenting, moments, present, childhood, babies

    Douse with Love

    Shenna Fitzgerald October 8, 2020 essays

    By Shenna Fitzgerald. Our son loves this story, and his questions about adoption have been fairly easy to field. That is, until an innocuous conversation about genetics and blood relations came up with another child.

    adoption, birth mother, parenting, motherhood, genetics, son

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