For Robert O’Donnell

October 16th, 1987: after a 58 hour recovery mission, Robert O’Donnell rescued 18 month old Baby Jessica from a well. 8 years later, he took his own life.    When you surfaced  with everybody’s baby in your arms,  the world’s hands, calloused from applause,  slipped back into its pockets and walked.   But when the […]

After Rosemary Picked Up the Baby

She chose to bottle feed because of his full set of adult teeth. It’s breast milk. I pump, she assured anyone in earshot. She used the “cry it out” method to get him to sleep.Research shows it’s better for mom and baby, she insisted, red-eyed. She didn’t use a sleep sack or swaddle. He loves to thrash! she […]