I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. {Edwin Osgood Grover} You are only one, but you are an important one. You are the leader of … Read more
There is a frantic energy of preciousness to hovering around your life, picking at yourself as you tell yourself to stand up straight or reprimanding yourself for saying the wrong thing. The buzzing around your own shoulders as you become the helicopter mother to your own life, wiping schmutz off your face with your spit … Read more
Why had no one told me that my body would become a battlefield, a sacrifice, a test? Why did I not know that birth is the pinnacle where women discover the courage to become mothers? {Anita Diamant, The Red Tent} When we plant the seeds of creation, we dig holes deep enough that the tender … Read more
I hope you will go out and let stories, that is life, happen to you, and that you will work with these stories… water them with your blood and tears and your laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom. {Clarissa Pinkola Estés} In your quietest moments, you might worry… What if I … Read more
There are two important days in a woman’s life: the day she is born and the day she finds out why. {Terry Tempest Williams} I see you. I see you wise and ready and deep. I see you in your fear and jubilation as you unload the dishwasher, wipe sweat off of your brow, close … Read more