Every Monday and Thursday at motherscope.com you will find a new story or poem written by one of our 31 regular contributors from around the world.
At Motherscope, we believe stories are unique and universal. Our mission is to democratize writing and storytelling by elevating the voices of mothers. We believe reading stories is a self-exploratory and unifying experience. When we receive and celebrate another mother's story, we become open to honoring our own.
These stories are here to keep you company, remind you you're never alone on this motherhood journey, and inspire you to take the time to write your own.
We Were There
By Maddy Hill | Before we decided to have a child I was a little anti-mothers. This seems like a bad place to be admitting this, but I found it frustrating that they would fall off the face of the earth once they had children. That people you had known for years would transform into something almost unrecognisable, and when you did eventually meet up with them, they would only talk about their child, or manage to turn every conversation topic into a parenting anecdote.
For you & Other Poems
By Maddy Hill | from For you - Babe of mine, so soft and sweet, / come and lie upon my chest. / Here is where you and I will meet, / And softly I will sing for you. / I was clumsy before you came, / but tenderly I’ll hold your hand
Cold coffee, and other miracles
By Maddy Hill | Little Bear’s feet are slipping and sliding over the cover of ‘Organic Chemistry’. I’m not trying to subtly steer his career 25 years early (I promised myself I won’t care what he does, which we all know won’t be true).