Tag: connection
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On being an older mother
The biggest thing I’ve experienced coming into motherhood at the cusp of middle age is the sheer wonder I have for something that almost passed me by. I almost decided not to have any kids, but I just couldn’t fully commit to that decision, and I guess this is why.
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Parenting in an age of genocide
This cannot be the world we want to raise our children in. Thankfully for now, my child is too young to observe, note, or understand the atrocities taking place (in Gaza principally but not solely), but how can we explain to them how we are watching this horror show unfold like it’s just another Netflix…
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Colonialism, capitalism, climate – and us
What can we do in the face of the power and resources of increasingly emboldened climate criminals? How can we fight for the planet and teach our children it’s worth saving?
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life as practice and the school of hard knocks
No matter how deep it cuts or how high we fly, tomorrow is a new day.