Midwest Mimi

  • The Women We Become

    Becoming Rae’s mother did not mean I stopped being my mother’s daughter. Sixteen years later, as I watch my daughter become a young woman, I understand more about what my mother gave me, what I passed on, and the women we keep becoming.

  • TRUTHS I LEARNED THE HARD WAY — PART ONE

    A midlife reckoning, identity grief, chronic illness, and the quiet truth of becoming someone I can live with now. A soft, honest look at survival, motherhood, and the parts of ourselves we outgrow.