Mother's Day

In a Word with Jacey Verdicchio

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Instead of the typical themed issue, today I’m sharing a trio of poems about my birth and mothering experiences as we head into Mother’s Day weekend.

Traditionally, Mother’s Day has been interpreted in a fairly narrow way, leaving some excluded. While motherhood is worth honoring, I wish that we did a better job of celebrating the life givers in our midst. People are giving birth every day to art and ideas. People are sustaining and nurturing life in hospitals and homeless shelters, on crisis hotlines and basketball court sidelines.

I do not mean to dilute the role of a mother, but to remember how many ways there are to take care, nurture, and give life. I love that we honor the work mothers do. I also think mothering work, broadly applied, is desperately needed throughout our communities. We need people who mend, nurture and sacrifice more than ever.

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