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There are many, many difficult times, god knows. If a person wants to stand on her own two feet, I recommend undertaking the care and feeding of something. It could be children, or it could be house plants, you know? By doing that you come to understand your own limitations. That's where it starts. Banana Yoshimoto

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11 months later: Letter to my daughter

Dear Bug, Sweet Pea, Boogie Bear, Littles: It’s a cliche, but as passionate as I am, as whole-heartedly (and sometimes…

baby, daughter, feminism, first year, love, mother, postpartum

‘Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.’

(Thoreau.) …And, I would add, in our bodies. My sister in law gave me a sweet book on pregnancy for…

body, dreams, evolution, feminism, intronaut, pregnancy, primal sludge, space, state of nature, week 10

‘Mountains are raised by earthquakes’

Processing the meaning of depression during pregnancy, with support from Clarissa Pinkola Estes and other wise thinkers

clarissa pinkola estes, colonialism, crimethinc, depression, domestic violence, fear, feminism, giving tree, grief, misogyny, motherhood, parenting, pregnancy, reflection, reproductive rights

Dogfish

Working to reframe my relationship to past and future.

dam, dogfish, fear, hope, mary oliver, trauma

Worrying about family dynamics

Yesterday I got an email from my father asking J’s parents’ names. Meanwhile, J’s parents (and detail-oriented grandma) have my…

abuse, classism, family, family dynamics, grandparents, neglect, parenting, pregnancy, wealth

Not excited enough?

The last couple of days I feel like I’ve been sleepwalking. My whole life I’ve had insomnia for various reasons:…

career, choice, dissonance, fear, pregnancy, ultrasound

First post.

positive tests and freakout.

beginning, choice, panic, pregnant

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