childhood - completely bookish by jess tholmer (Page 2)

2025abortion adoption

may 2025, i am not a mom

I hate to think of hurting anyone's feelings, the people who struggle with infertility, who want nothing more than to parent, or more specifically, to be a mom.

2025black history childhood

March 2025, spring break and flying logs

Spring has sprung, and here's what Jess Tholmer read in March.

2024grief therapy books

May 2024, the precipice

change of season, change of life

2024celebrity memoirs childhood

A few months ago, my friends and I bought tickets to see Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in Portland, Oregon, a three-ish hour trek for me. But “the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry,” and all that, because the weather happened a few days before the show we’d planned on seeing for months.