• Backspace: Essays on Everything with Michelle Kennedy

  • By: Michelle Kennedy
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Backspace: Essays on Everything with Michelle Kennedy

By: Michelle Kennedy
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  • Hi! I am Michelle Kennedy and I am an author, a mom of many, a lover of knits and a devoted reader and writer of the essay.

    The newly renamed Backspace features essays on life, love, parenting and more - a literary experience in the time it takes to wade through the pick up line at school - or get to the store. Join us every week for new essays and new discussions on great writing - and not so great writing.

    Read the essays at my website: mishkennedy.com

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    2024
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  • Yes, They Are Still All Mine

    Yes, They Are Still All Mine
    Oct 1 2024
    Yes - they’re all mine.

    “Are they all yours??” I used to get this incredulous question often in the old days - or at least - my old days…you know…back in the 1990’s. I always wanted to answer something like, “No. This one I found by the side of the road and this one won’t leave us alone.” But I think that stuff is probably funnier in my head.

    My old days had me up at 3:30 am nursing whichever baby I had going then. I have been actively mothering for 32 years now. I have 8 kids and while I have never had all eight living under my roof at one time - Matt, the oldest, was 21 by the time Ani, the youngest, was born - I know what it is to corral four or five littles at a time into a fair, a store, any event anywhere actually. I know what it is to live with a teenager or two or three at a time while simultaneously changing diapers and wearing kids on my back.

    A woman I don’t know recently wrote an article in The New Yorker, I think, about women who are well-educated and who have a lot of kids. Basically, it was why would you do that. I haven’t gotten to read it yet, as it’s behind a paywall, but I found myself - sadly - lingering in the comments section on Facebook. Ugh. I know. But…well, I couldn’t help myself. And there it was. Breeders. Can’t believe people would do this to children. Do what, exactly? I wonder and always I had one or two or three and it was too much for me. So many people, so negative about having a lot of kids. Accusing us of having older kids parent the youngers. For what purpose, I’m not exactly sure. The Duggars did not do large families any service.

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    20 mins
  • The Marginal World by Rachel Carson as read by Michelle Kennedy

    The Marginal World by Rachel Carson as read by Michelle Kennedy
    Sep 28 2024
    "I have seen hundreds of ghost crabs in other settings, but suddenly I was filled with the odd sensation that for the first time I knew the creature in its own world.”

    Rachel Carson brings us to the edge of the ocean and the space in between in this marvelous essay. It reminded me of my own times at the beach, in particular, my introduction to the ocean when I was very young.

    If you would like to contribute an essay, contribute a suggestion or a thought or whatever - please visit http://mishkennedy.com or email writermisha1313@gmail.com

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    24 mins

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