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Samantha Shanley

Poetry | Housewife

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“You’re a different person,” my husband said. This was years ago now. Thank god he was right. By Samantha Shanley

August 13, 2019 Parenting Challenges

Finding my creative work-life balance in a taco

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For me the taco had become an easy vector of choice, creativity, freedom, and therefore power. By Samantha Shanley

July 18, 2018 Culture, Parenting Challenges

After divorce, when a fish is not just a fish

single goldfish in glass bowl in front of ominous purple background
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Perhaps the fish were feeble replacements for all that we had lost, but they were also hopeful things. By Samantha Shanley

March 29, 2018 Parenting Challenges

Learning how to parent together, after the marriage is over

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I had to let go of the idea that I was the only one who could meet my children’s needs.
By Samantha Shanley

June 22, 2017 Parenting Challenges

Motherwell’s most popular posts of 2016

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Motherwell publishes provocative, evocative essays on all aspects of the parenting experience. Here are our most-read pieces from 2016.

December 20, 2016 Culture, Family, Parenting Challenges

At the end of a family’s difficult year: gratitude

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If bad things really do happen in threes, then my son being hit by a car had completed our 2016 trifecta.
By Samantha Shanley

November 28, 2016 Parenting Challenges
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