What my daughter’s first birthday party meant to me as a first time mother
As I stood on the dirt terrace, looking around me, I couldn’t quite believe it was real: We were hosting our daughter’s first birthday party, and not only was it in-person like pre-pandemic days, but there were easily 30 people there! It was both better than and not at all what I had expected. Back […]
Book Review: “The Art of Misdiagnosis”
In her memoir “The Art of Misdiagnosis: Surviving My Mother’s Suicide“, author Gayle Brandeis shares two interwoven storylines: her mother committing suicide right as Brandeis becomes a mother for the third time, and her childhood, peppered with health issues and hospital visits. What’s quite unique is that the red thread to connect the two narratives […]