Circuitry {a poem}

The arsenal of poems about mothers doesn't need another mother poem

PoetryJena SchwartzMay 8, 2022Mother's Day, Motherhood, motherhood, mothering, mothers and daughters, mothers and sons, guilt, Jewish, ance, intergComment

Legacy {a poem}

Marvel and move towards beauty. Love fiercely and open our hands.

A Mother's Day Poem

PoetryJena SchwartzMay 12, 2019motherhood, mothering, mother's day, holidays, poetry Comment

I Want to Live the Stories

I want to live the stories, not just remember them.

Real LifeJena SchwartzApril 21, 2019motherhood, Time, Memory, gratitude, storiesComment

Duality, Neutrality, Strangers, and Notre Dame

The world is broken and the world is burning and the world is beautiful. Things are never simple, and yet there's a simplicity in claiming the complexity.

Abandoning the Quest for Balance

Community, Creative ProcessJena SchwartzOctober 24, 2018self-employment, working mom, motherhood, balance, Capricorn, Chani Nicholas, horoscoprComment

When Everything Is Too Much

Real LifeJena SchwartzJuly 31, 2017anxiety, moods, fear, control, motherhood, impermanence, mindfulnessComment

Ten Minutes Instead of Three Hours

I had that itch earlier to write. For hours and hours. To figure out where I’ve been and pull all the different colored ribbons together in a big bright bow. Alas. That is not this. This is more like lurching towards the writing, like driving a stick-shift when you’ve only ever driven an automatic.

ObservationsJena SchwartzJuly 19, 2017write, writing, motherhood, parenting, the office, summer, coffee, doctors, healthcare, insuranceComment

Bigger, Better, Different

So I wrote and kept writing. I worked and loved and read books to myself and read books to my kids. I wrote about them, I wrote about showing up. I wrote about depression and the layers and the falling apart.

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