Katie Colt
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Chicago, IL, United States
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I Lost My Dad To COVID-19. I'm Begging You, Please Stay Home This Holiday Season.
“I no longer have a next year with my dad, but you might with your parents or family members.” → Read More
My Child Isn’t Paying The Mortgage by Going Viral…Because He’s A Child
When I was a kid, my parents bought a VHS tape recorder, which I quickly co-opted for my own regular use. It became pretty standard to record silly character sketches, songs, and fully choreographe… → Read More
After Charlottesville, I’m finally joining a synagogue
Kveller via JTA -- It started off as a pretty typical day. I had an appointment downtown in the...... → Read More
After Charlottesville, I’m Finally Joining a Synagogue
Last Friday started off as a pretty typical day. I had an appointment downtown in the morning and lunch scheduled afterwards with a friend. I had been looking forward to seeing her—several weeks of… → Read More
After Charlottesville, I'm Finally Joining a Synagogue –
Last Friday started off as a pretty typical day. I had an appointment downtown in the morning and lunch scheduled afterwards with a friend. I had been looking forward to seeing her—several weeks of summer had passed since our last meet-up. We talked about motherhood, other friends who were expecting, parenting with our partners. It … → Read More
My Son Kicked My Husband During our Photoshoot—and I Shared it Online
Before my son was born, I had always imagined sending out holiday/New Year photograph greeting cards—the analog version of Facebook, perhaps. When he came along, we managed to throw together his fi… → Read More
5 Ways To Survive Motherhood When You’ve Just About Had Enough
Every mother knows that motherhood is full of simple joys. Just tonight, my toddler son, who has been obsessed with my favorite cheap sunglasses, stole them off my head. He smashed them onto his ow… → Read More
‘I Love Dick’ Presents Us With a Marital Dream & Nightmare
There’s a point in every marriage when you realize that you are going to be having sex with the same person for the rest of your life. It has the potential of being kind of a harrowing moment—the f… → Read More
Coos May Be Cute, But I Couldn’t Wait for My Son to Talk
Today, my son learned to say a new word. “Red,” he declared to a large plastic block with easy, round edges. “Red!” I enthusiastically answered back, prompting him to find other red blocks in the p… → Read More
Four Weird Things My Postpartum Body Did That No One Warned Me About
Yes, yes, everyone has something to say to a new mother. By now, perhaps you’ve heard all sorts of cliché bits, every turn of phrase having to do with raising a newborn. “Get some rest while you ca… → Read More
Four Weird Things My Postpartum Body Did That No One Warned Me About –
Yes, yes, everyone has something to say to a new mother. By now, perhaps you’ve heard all sorts of cliché bits, every turn of phrase having to do with raising a newborn. “Get some rest while you can!” they all say, which to me seems more like a cruel joke, because by the time they’ve … → Read More
Becoming A Mom Helped Me Identify With My Own Mother
Soon after my son was born, my mother began coming over for day visits. She had generously offered to take a day off work each week to help around the apartment while I adjusted to life with a newb… → Read More
Becoming A Mom Helped Me Identify With My Own Mother
Soon after my son was born, my mother began coming over for day visits. She had generously offered to take a day off work each week to help around the apartment while I adjusted to life with a newborn. Each visit, she’d take on a different household task, checking a box that existed clearly on … → Read More
We’re Torn Between Raising Our Kid in the City or the Suburbs
It’s not clear when our obsession with real estate started. It may have been after our son was born, when the greenish-gray walls in our 900 square foot apartment started closing in around us as th… → Read More
How My Holocaust Fears Fueled a Fascination With Germany
“Hide, HIDE!” I whispered loudly while crouched in the dark underneath the basement stairs, to my friend whose limbs were still visible in the dim light. We clutched our American Girl dolls tightly… → Read More
How My Holocaust Fears Fueled a Fascination With Germany –
“Hide, HIDE!” I whispered loudly while crouched in the dark underneath the basement stairs, to my friend whose limbs were still visible in the dim light. We clutched our American Girl dolls tightly to our chests in desperation and fear, as the friend whom we’d designated the “Nazi” during this round of “Holocaust” was making … → Read More
My United Flight from the Same Airport as David Dao’s Was Insulated by White Privilege
Very recently, I was sitting at the airport gate at Chicago O’Hare Airport, unencumbered. It was rare, pleasant even, to be alone with the nagging anxieties of mothering left at home with my husban… → Read More
The ‘Mother Voice’: Who I Thought I’d Be & Who I’ve Actually Become
Pregnancy can be a tumultuous time for the expectant woman. It’s tough to balance the management of fears amid the brimming hope that presents itself as the baby grows. It’s easy to feel pulled by … → Read More
I’m Not A Scientist, But l’ll Be Marching For Science On Earth Day
It’s a common narrative: Liberal woman residing in an urban metropolis enters the voting booth on Election Day and confidently casts her vote for an historic new woman president, looking forward to… → Read More
Stop Telling People They ‘Don’t Look Jewish’
The idea of riding the U-Bahn train for 45 minutes to and from university as a summer session college student in Germany seemed, in advance, like a mundane, time-consuming detail of a potentially e… → Read More