Just Because I’m Incarcerated Doesn’t Mean I’m a Bad Mother
Even while incarcerated, the author describes how she continues to mother her son—and why systems that support connection matter.
Thirty-two days. That’s the amount of time I went without hearing my son's voice when he entered the Kansas foster care system and I entered the Kansas Department of Corrections. While holding all the fears and uncertainty surrounding my own life, I realized my son was experiencing life without me. I didn't know where my son was sleeping, who was c
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