The Examined Life – Spring 2012
In May of this year, my pregnant daughterâs friend lost a baby two weeks before its due date. My daughter sobbed the news to me via cell phone, gasping, âI feel so guilty that Iâm still pregnant!â Five weeks later, two days after she gave birth to a healthy girl, I dismounted badly from a horse; my blown knee collapsed under me, and I knew, horribly, that my grandmothering summer was over, faded into surgery and rehab. Continue reading “The Examined Life – Spring 2012”