My son is only a few years older than yours, but everything you write is still everything I feel. He is six and more independent, but still there is the inner tug of war between meeting his needs and letting him fly, the grief of not knowing day to day if I'm doing it all right. Every day, I'm learning what mothering and what womaning is. Thank you for always showing me that I'm not alone in my journey. You give words to things I didn't know were in my heart and bones.
As someone who is about to shift from that wildly independent, bold, autonomous self to being a mother, I appreciate your reflections very much. I wonder often about how much my life would/will change, and trying to do things that are important to me to do now before this season of life shifts to another. That mothering is a form of grief makes complete sense to me; I feel I know a form of it already.
This reminds me of what Angela Garbes writes, “Care work makes all other work possible”. And I would argue it makes everything possible. Solidarity and Blessings xx
What a beautiful rendering of motherhood and the journey of evolution it requires. Thank you for your words and the time you put into crafting them x
My son is only a few years older than yours, but everything you write is still everything I feel. He is six and more independent, but still there is the inner tug of war between meeting his needs and letting him fly, the grief of not knowing day to day if I'm doing it all right. Every day, I'm learning what mothering and what womaning is. Thank you for always showing me that I'm not alone in my journey. You give words to things I didn't know were in my heart and bones.
I love this Kerri, thank you for writing. So many images from here will stay with me all day.
As someone who is about to shift from that wildly independent, bold, autonomous self to being a mother, I appreciate your reflections very much. I wonder often about how much my life would/will change, and trying to do things that are important to me to do now before this season of life shifts to another. That mothering is a form of grief makes complete sense to me; I feel I know a form of it already.
This reminds me of what Angela Garbes writes, “Care work makes all other work possible”. And I would argue it makes everything possible. Solidarity and Blessings xx
Stunning. Such needed, nurturing, beautiful, feminine words. Thank you.