Tag: self-care
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A Mother’s Calculus of Pain
Having babies is fucking hard on the body. Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoyed pregnancy, for the most part. And birth is pretty amazing too. But my back has never been the same since I herniated a disc pushing my daughter’s pram through a department store, and it only gets worse as I age.…
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Sure, ND kids need boundaries, but not the way you mean it.
Woe to the next person who tells me my ND kids just need boundaries. A pox on their house! Surely a pox would be more gentle than the serrated edge of my wrath. Being told “Kids need boundaries” gives me the absolute shits. Not just the shits though, perhaps the most violent diarrhea of any…
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What Makes Good Days Good?
What makes a good day good? I just realized I don’t actually know how to answer this question. Let me back up a minute. I was just sitting down after lunch and I had a Vonnegut moment. I love Kurt Vonnegut. He’s an absolute fucking legend. Storyteller, philosopher, funny, flawed, fucking brilliant. I just adore…
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Gardening and Zombies
A tale of transformation and survival during Covid-19 This is a story about gardening, but it starts with zombies. When I was in my late teens, I started having nightmares about zombies. Not recurring dreams, really, because the setting and circumstances often varied, but the theme of zombies shambling after me, mouths gaping around the…
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The Gift of Words
A poem about healing through sharing grief I will tell you what I fear. What hurts. I will tell you what I value above all. I will tell you my broken edged stories of regret. These words are a gift. I will give them to you so that you know I do not hold them…