Poems From The Past, Part 4

Editor’s Note: The poems in this week’s blog post come from older issues of La Leche League News, a bimonthly LLLI publication for members, which started in 1958. The name was changed to New Beginnings in 1985. New… Read More

What I Do All Day: A Look Back

By Jennifer F. Originally published in 2013 in New Beginnings magazine. Editor’s Note: The first issue of La Leche League News, a bimonthly LLLI publication for members, was published in 1958. The name was changed to New Beginnings… Read More

Poems From The Past, Part 3

Editor’s Note: The poems in this week’s blog post come from older issues of La Leche League News, a bimonthly LLLI publication for members, which started in 1958. The name was changed to New Beginnings in 1985. New… Read More

Poetry from Parenthood

We love to share poetry on New Beginnings from time to time. This week, we’re sharing two contributions from poets who have written for New Beginnings in the past. We hope you’ll enjoy these new poems. Dear Tender… Read More

Poems from the Past: Part 2

Editor’s Note: The first issue of La Leche League News, a bimonthly LLLI newsletter for members, was published in 1958. The name was changed to New Beginnings in 1985. New Beginnings was acquired by La Leche League USA… Read More

Reflections: Motherhood, Love, Grief, Forever

By Nina F. Love You Forever “I’ll love you forever I’ll like you for always As long as I’m living My baby you’ll be. These words meant a great deal to me as a child, but last year… Read More

Gwendolyn’s Poem: Yet and Ever

by Gwendolyn B. My children tandem nursed for around a year. The last days coincided with the beginning of the pandemic, when my second born turned one and my eldest was nearly four. We lived in a small… Read More

Gravy Baby: A Nursing Poem 

By K.P. After pregnancy sickness stole my appetite Months of eating toast at most My first Thanksgiving as a mother I had a newborn girl nursing in my arms Just a few weeks old She was not old… Read More