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Lyndsay Kaldor's avatar

Ah Ashley, thank you for sharing your words and your experience of mothering, all so deeply resonant — the daily co-existing contrasts and continual the loss/rediscovery of Self. Thinking of you in this liminal space and upcoming portal of change xx

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Jacquie Bullard's avatar

Hell yes! I laugh at that exclamation to get back to the kitchen - that's my happy place and I do a pretty damn fine job in there, I believe:) Plus more...

Your poem is lovely; being excited is overrated. Motherhood is so much more complex than just being excited about all those things...we are deep, feeling beings, we hold it all, and excitement is just a tiny piece of it. Thanks as always for sharing your fire and your voice. So glad to be part of this online community!

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