Summer is coming and the Moth Education Program is offering workshops for high school students,
college students, and teachers to learn the art and craft of true personal storytelling.
As part of our mission to spread empathy through stories,
students and teachers will learn to use moth-style storytelling techniques to build personal narratives,
with benefits in and out of the classroom.
Applications for student and teacher workshops are open and the deadline for all applications is June 8th.
Apply on our website at themoth.org.edu.
Welcome to The Moth.
I'm Jennifer Hickson.
On this episode, Mothers, Part 2. A few days ago,
we aired an episode of The Moth Radio Hour called Mama Bears,
where I shared some stories about the archetype of protective mothers.
Fierce or cuddly, mama bears are not to be messed with.
But for Mother's Day, we're looking at another side of motherhood, the overwhelming side.
First up, we've got Melanie Kostriva,
who told this story at a New Orleans Story Slam where the theme of the night was,
appropriately enough, Mama Rules.
Here's Melanie, live at the house.
So when my first daughter was born, we brought her home from the hospital.
All the advice I was told was, you gotta sleep when she sleeps.