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There is nothing wrong with you.” -Jessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism The ability to tell your own story, in words or images, is already a victory, already a revolt.” -Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me She struggles with the forces that would tell her story for her, or write her out of the story, the genealogy, the rights of man, the rule of law. Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. “Some women get erased a little at a time, some all at once. “They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.” -Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried There is the illusion of aliveness.” -Tim O’Brien, The Things they Carried “The thing about a story is that you dream it as you tell it, hoping that others might then dream along with you, and in this way memory and imagination and language combine to make spirits in the head. “Don’t let anyone speak for you, and don’t rely on others to fight for you.” -Michelle Obama “Motherhood became my motivator” - Michelle Obama in her book, Becoming. Mindfulness is the balm for what Rhonda Magee calls “that extra layer of suffering, wounding and harm that we may be experiencing or causing others.” - Stephanie Domet

“Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.” -Gloria Steinem “Giving birth should be your greatest achievement, not your greatest fear.” -Jane Weideman Birth is about making mothers strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.' -Barbara Katz Rothman Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination,Ĭalls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -over and over announcing your placeīirth is not only about making babies. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air are heading home again. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Tell me about your despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. You only have to let the soft animal of your body

:įor a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. The first one is my favorite poem by Mary Oliver. I hope that at least one of these quotes from such a variety of wise people resonates.

Sometimes, you just need a little verbal pick-me-up. Health + wellness parenthood Jan 22, 2021