About Me.
Hi, I’m Charlotte. Yes, I’m also a writer in my “real job.” But if you want to read my science related articles, essays and more technical stuff, you can find me at CharlotteStevenson.com. That’s not what this blog is about. This is where I write about the hardest job I’ve ever had: being a mom. Some people take offense at my use of the word “job” to describe motherhood, but I stand by it. And I mean it with the greatest respect and love.
Why the Highest Deep? What is it? Good question.
One day, my two-and-a-half-year-old son came to the surface of the Oakland, CA, public pool we often frequented that summer in 2014., and said, “I want to go to the highest deep you never seen.” In case you don’t speak toddler, he was saying he wanted to dive to the deepest depth ever — a classic toddler superlative spritzed with some grammatical confusion.
“I want to go to the highest deep you never seen.”
What initially made me chuckle — the highest deep — has resonated more and more the longer I am a parent. Parenting has brought me the most joyful moments of my life so far and also brought me the deepest, cutting pain. Like writer Elizabeth Stone so eloquently put it, having a child is like allowing your heart to walk around outside of your body.
Why a blog? I’ve found I have things to say that often speak to a certain moment in time, and sharing it immediately has been the most helpful to friends or strangers going through something similar. These pieces are “somewhat” polished, perhaps always a work in progress. Some of these blogs were originally published on Medium, but I have moved them here. More will be transferred soon.
I have two living children, a son and a daughter, and I have a son I lost at birth. My living children are not perfect, nor do I expect them or anyone else to be. Some of what I share in my blog is funny (hopefully). Some is heartfelt.
Am I providing parenting advice? Absolutely not.
Am I making money through this? Nope.
My hope is that after reading one or more of my posts, you won’t feel so alone in the highest deep.
Although my kids are much older now, this first picture is “honest” and symbolic of how I feel parenting most days. So, although I also have provided my more professional head shot here, it’s the disheveled, bathrobe lady who writes these blogs.
