Mary of the Valley

It takes a cohort of fractional fathers to raise a child.

The tech world is Mary’s oyster. She discovers she doesn’t like oysters. She chooses to become a mother of 12 instead.

The calling takes her by surprise. I hear the story in part and whole from Mary herself; from several dozen people deeply acquainted with it; and from several others who relate fragments of it to me in person, or bring them to my attent…