By Eda LeShan, B.S., M.A. Some mothers feel worried and guilty if they hold jobs that take them away from their families. Others, who find personal fulfillment in homemaking and motherhood, are...
It’s my face
I don't think about my face very often, because I live behind it. But other people notice it. Sometimes they don't seem to believe I look like myself. Grandma thinks I'm like her side of the family....
Sometimes I’m afraid
Mother was lost. Where was she? Around the corner, looking for me! So many things I used to fear--- storms \... dreams . /. the dark---last year. But time has passed. I've grown taller, while those...
About loving
There's Grandma, Grandpa, Dad and Mother, special grown-ups . . . my sister . . . my brother . . . my doll. . . my bike . . . my brand-new shoes . . . a very best friend I choose . . . ...
Getting ready
I said to my father and my mother, "Someday I will grow up. I will leave home. When that day comes, will I be ready?" "Yes," said my father. "You were getting ready to leave home when you took your...
My door opens
At first my world was small. It was only as big as my mother's arms. Then my bed and my room became part of my world. One day my mother carried me to the window. I reached for the sunshine on the...
My family
Maybe I live with my natural parents, the mother and father to whom I was born. We love each other. We are a family. But maybe I do not live with my natural parents. Maybe I was adopted. My mother...
Whom will I look like?
I have been growing ever since that time. Sometimes I wonder whom I will look like when I grow up. Will I look like my father? Will I be as tall as he is? Will I look like my mother? Will I have...
In my new home
After a few days in the hospital my mother and I were ready to go home. The nurse dressed me, wrapped me in a blanket, and handed me to my mother. My father came. He looked at the bracelet on my...
In the hospital
Now my mother rested. And the doctor and nurse did many things for me. They put drops in my eyes to keep them healthy. They looked at my ears and nose, and fingers and toes---all of me. Name tags...
