My essay “States of Permanence and Impermanence” is published with 22 other parenthood stories in Oh, Baby! True Stories About Conception, Adoption, Surrogacy, Pregnancy, Labor, and Love. “States of Permanence and Impermanence” captures what I call Helmet Time: when my first son was outfitted with a cranial orthosis. Four months earlier, he had been born…
Suzanne Farrell Smith 