This is MER- Mom Egg Review’s twenty-third year of sharing stories and poems on diverse experiences of motherhood. The organization of works in this volume draws inspiration from the four elements (earth, water, air, and fire) and celestial bodies, the sun and moon. We mother in conjunction with the earth, the universe. In times when even the most basic of realities seems subject to question, we can rely on writers in this issue to tell their authentic stories, a fundamental, vital function of art.
