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.
Grow Yourself Into Something New
By Mary Rothery | I came undone on my kitchen floor. I curled my body into Child’s Pose as my tears soaked into the old wood, wrapping myself around a heart that was breaking. Earlier, my voice cracked as I begged my husband to take my daughter out. She can’t see me like this.
Seasons of Mothering
By Mary Rothery | Time has altered since I became a mother. It is not the measured constant it once was before I held my tiny squalling daughter in my arms. No longer a reliable yardstick, it bends and shifts, rolling away from me as clouds roll across the Downs. It swells and roars around me, crashing like a wave breaking upon a rocky shore.
Another Time, Another Place
By Mary Rothery | I sit at our kitchen table to write, surrounded by the detritus of a childhood lived all about me. Your colouring pencils, discarded snack wrappers, papers strewn with brightly-coloured big-eyed people.