Milena Babic – Medium

Milena Babic

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The Memoirist

The Making of an Invisible Child

Includes practical advice for new parents

Feb 12

Digital collage art. Woman sitting on the floor, scissors beside her, a rose growing from her head.

Feb 12

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The Memoirist

Can You Miss Someone You Never Met?

Finding solace in a little red notebook

Dec 4, 2024

Two pages covered in angular handwriting with a little glued illustration of a woman holding wild flowers.

Dec 4, 2024

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The Parenting Portal

My Daughter’s Body and Mind Are Changing and So Is Our Relationship

On being a mother of a preadolescent girl

15h ago

Photo of a girl walking down an empty railway track at sunset

15h ago

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The Interstitial

You Pulled a Vanishing Act

I still remember the shape of the snowflake on our window

4d ago

Frost on the window pane.

4d ago

Published in

Invisible Illness

My Therapist Told Me to Give Myself a Break

That’s when I knew I had to let go of unrealistic self-expectations

Jun 12

Comic book drawing of a female superhero flying.

Jun 12

Published in

The Interstitial

Not Your Harlequin

We drifted off to the opposite sides of belonging

Jun 9

Digtal collage. A man dressed in harlequin costume levitating and holding a big butterfly in his hand.

Jun 9

Published in

The Honest Perspective

The Fear of Forgetting Precious Little Moments

When memories slip away

Jun 6

A pile of old, black-and-white photos.

Jun 6

Published in

The Memoirist

The Day I Hated the World

How helplessness turned me into someone I wasn’t proud of

May 30

Shadow of a rose on the wall.

May 30

Published in

The Interstitial

My Coworker Fought as a Mercenary in the Russian-Ukrainian War

On freedom, bad choices, and things we think we would never do

May 22

Digital collage. Photo of a young girl holding a human skull. Red poppies and a flying fish in the distance.

May 22

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Invisible Illness

How I Self-Sabotaged My Way Into Midlife

And how fear helped me break the cycle

May 18

How I Self-Sabotaged My Way Into Midlife

May 18

Milena Babic

Milena Babic

Personal essays and memoirs about things I'd rather hide from myself. Sometimes I write about nostalgia.

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