Marybeth Hancher

Decade

On my ten year wedding anniversary. (August 7, 2020) I cannot translate us into words;our intimacy will alwaystranscend our skin. mch The other night before bed, my husband said something to me that was so beautiful. We had been torn apart with ...
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I Surrender | #normalizenormalbodies

I surrender–I’m taking myself outof the runningfor who canself-loathe themselvesinto submissionthefastest. mch Once upon a time there was a mom with faulty vision. She was always seeing a reflection that was too big, too small, too ...
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FOR THE MOTHERS WHO FEEL UNSEEN

This post might lack eloquence, but I promise it won’t be void of honesty.  I’ll type quickly and edits might be few because it feels more necessary to share it now before that One Day of the Year arrives rather than to write a long, ...
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Simple Joys

This essay was originally written on a quiet morning on March 26th after our first week of being under the COVID-19 stay-at-home order issued by the Ohio government. This was technically our 3rd week home due to Nadia’s scheduled spring ...
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Dearest Hands

The writing of this essay is in response to the Instagram challenge “Pieces of Us” by Ali Edwards. Thank you for always inspiring me to tell stories that are otherwise forgotten. Dearest Hands, Beginning a letter to you might be one ...
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