Lightning in a Mason Jar

by Catherine Mann

As if a woman’s entire worth, her sum total sense of self, were tied into her ring finger and uterus. A Mrs. or a mom.

What a comfortable place to exist, in

cottony swaddle of complacency.

Some people had to come to the realization that their parents were imperfect humans who were doing life for the first time too.

Sometimes the best way to pull yourself back together is to help somebody else.”