Gemma Hartley
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Gemma Hartley Articles
The real reason I’m worried about sending my kids to school is that I’m going to be alone. For the first time in nearly a decade. And that’s scary.
Read...When my son was little, I used to let him win board games a lot.
Read...It probably isn’t the sort of parenting moment that is supposed to make a mother proud — the hitting, growling, and otherwise uncivilized decorum... But I couldn’t help feeling a deep satisfaction with my daughter.
Read...My six-year-old son got into the car after school and declared he only wanted to have one kid when he grew up.
Read...When I made the decision to become a stay-at-home mother, the choice was an easy one.
Read...If you were to walk into my house on any given day, you wouldn’t know that I am an efficient and organized person.
Read...I don't want motherhood to be where my life begins and ends. Sure, we can still talk about our kids, commiserate, and share in one another's parenting accomplishments — but at some point, we need to be more than mere storytellers of our children's lives.
Read...A breakup, Mom, a cheerleading competition, and Valentine's Day...
Read...How was I supposed to tell my son, who was already preoccupied and frightened by the idea of death, that his new little brother or sister was gone, that I'd had a miscarriage? I didn't know. So I lied.
Read...Starting a new year makes me look toward the future, looking at all the choices that lay ahead of me. But it also nudges me to examine my past in a very certain way. It's the time of year I always find myself thinking about the choices I didn’t make — about the life I didn't live.
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