Have You Got the Moon Safe? 
Published in Glassworks Magazine,  Issue 28, Spring 2024

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Drawing on a line from a Denise Levertov poem, this essay reflects on my experience of motherhood, shaped by loss and grief, and the struggle to balance deep fear and boundless love.

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I started to carry an imaginary moon everywhere with me, folded up inside a string bag, hoping it wouldn’t be crushed by a loaf of bread or a bag of clementines.

One day, I packed up the moon, stuffing it deep inside the bag we carried.
“Mummy! Look at the moon!” my son cried out when he saw it.

I wanted to give him everything, even the things I could not.

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