Terri Linton, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/terri-linton/ A Home for Black Women Writers Thu, 01 Feb 2024 06:20:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.midnightandindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-file.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Terri Linton, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/terri-linton/ 32 32 153713158 Unmothered    https://www.midnightandindigo.com/unmothered/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 05:00:24 +0000 https://www.midnightandindigo.com/?p=79098 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 maybe it was wrapped under the soft hum of a nursery school teacher ushering us little ones off to nap. I carry a hazy memory of sitting criss-cross-applesauce on a padded mat. I’m cradling a half-frocked, dingy-outfitted baby doll. All of us girls are eager to mother her, despite her constant state of dishevelment from being handled too much by too many little hands. My heart swells as I hold

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