a web publication and a community that supports mothers in all aspects of their identities
Yesterday was Mother's Day; you might think, given that TheWholeMom is "by moms, for moms," that this would be an easy day for us to celebrate.
Not so. While for many, and maybe most of you, this is a day for sticky kisses and homemade cards and breakfast in bed, for others it is a reminder of a painful loss. Maybe you recently had a miscarriage or are struggling with infertility; maybe you had a stillbirth; maybe you lost a young child; maybe your children are living but are not, for whatever reason, with you.
TheWholeMom.com is a quarterly web-zine by, for and about mothers. We believe that mothers are people first, and through TheWholeMom.com we intend to create a publication and a community that supports mothers in all aspects of their identities from, yes, children and childcare to career and work, personal callings, hobbies, politics, activism, the arts, education, anything you can think of. We believe that the crisis of identity that mothers often suffer is an artifact of a culture that prescribes narrow roles for women with children, focused on children and childcare to the exclusion of almost everything else, and with a standard of Good Mothering that dictates not only correct child-rearing practices but the proper political and social beliefs to accompany them.
If you are a mother and you have something to say, we would like to hear from you.