Terri Linton is a writer, professor, and mother who writes about Black girlhood, womanhood, and motherhood. She holds a BA and MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, and a JD from Rutgers School of Law-Newark. She is a 2021 Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund nonfiction awardee. Her writing can be found in the anthology SoloMom Stories of Grit, Heart and Humor; Catapult; MER Literary Magazine; Mothermag; and other publications.

I can’t remember ever not wanting to be a mother. The lullaby to first tuck itself into my memory was Rock-a-Bye Baby. I might’ve heard it from my mom, or

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