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Helsinki, Finland Birth of a sister
End of May, 2001. My fifth sibling was due to be born any day. Mother had a few false alarms but always had to return home from the hospital. The days were...
Read Memory Brookline, MA Mother Music
This was the soundtrack to the labor, delivery and birth of my oldest child. She was three weeks early, tiny. It was a rainy and cold June in Manhattan, I...
Read Memory South Africa Entering The World
I think if I know myself well enough this would have to be the tune playing when the Gynacologist caught me and I breathed my first breath of this incredible...
Read Memory Wollongong (for now, Calif later) The second Alice
My main memory stems from a different song with the same title. However, when searching to see if there were any other versions of 'Alice' in 2005, I came...
Read Memory Redford, MI Saying Goodbye!
So this memory is not a happy one, and I probably wouldn't mind letting this one go when I am done sharing it. In a previous memory I shared a song that...
Read Memory Harare Baby Comes Home!
I come from a family of five children. My younger sister and I are two years apart, when my mom went into labour I was clueless as to what was going on. I...
Read Memory Bay City, MI My Birthday
This isn't necessarily a memory of mine, but it is a story that was told to me by my Mom time and time again. First, a little background is in order. I was...
Read Memory Livermore, CA The Bluest Eyes I'd Ever Seen
One of the most vivid memories I have of giving birth to my son was the midwife who delivered him saying, "look at those eyes". Not only was my son...
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