Table of Contents

Introduction   Suzanne Kamata     ix
Coming to Samsara$dmemoir by Vicki Forman     1
Without Strings$dfiction by Hannah Holborn     9
SMA Baby$dpoem by Ellen Bihler     15
A Homecoming$dfiction by Marcy Sheiner     17
"Severe Language Delay": In the Kitchen with My Three-Year-Old$dpoem by Rebecca Balcarcel     26
Magic Affinities$dfiction by Evelyn Sharenov     28
Little Locomotive$dpoem by Gina Forberg     49
Normal$dmemoir by Marie Myung-Ok Lee     50
Form and Void$dpoem by Barbara Crooker     58
Doing Jigsaw Puzzles$dpoem by Barbara Crooker     60
The Lives of the Saints$dfiction by Catherine Brady     62
Living with Lilia   memoir by Suzanne Kamata     80
Termite's Birthday, 1959$dfiction by Jayne Anne Phillips     88
Petit Mal$dpoem by Michele Battiste     105
Great Expectations$dmemoir by Michael Berube     107
From Spells and Auguries$dpoem by John Morgan     121
Speaking of Love/Reading My Son$dmemoir by Clare Dunsford     125
Ordinary Time$dfiction by Carol Zapata-Whelan     136
Moonrise$dmemoir by Penny Wolfson     150
A Question of Leaves$dpoem by Carol Schmidt     177
From Jewel$dfiction by Bret Lott     179
Doctor in the House$dmemoir by Darshan Perusek     189
Victoria's Wedding$dpoem by Margaret Mantle     194
Rachel at Work: Enclosed, a Mother's Report$dmemoir by Jane Bernstein     196
What about Meg?$dfiction by Curtis Smith     217
Joyful Noise$dfiction by Maggie Kast     229
The Heart Speaks$dmemoir by Sheila Kohler     238
Contributors' Notes     249
Acknowledgments     254