LOVE

My three daughters inspire important aspects of my writing and my teaching.   I wrote "A Little Girl's First Haircut" after my youngest turned three.  The dramatic upsherin hair-cutting ritual is traditionally reserved for boys.  Here I explore what happens when it is performed on a girl. Read here this meditation on mothering and gendering (published in Lilith Magazine, April 2014).

My difficulty cutting it manifested the most fundamental dilemma that parents face: 
the desire to watch our children grow into functioning, confident, capable individuals…and our longing for them to stay close, connected. 

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