Maia Fields
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Maia Fields
@maiafields
WHEN I LOOK BACK AND think about my own reaction to impending motherhood, I can’t help but see that my extreme distress was informed by anxiety that I wouldn’t be able to be a mother and be happy at the same time. Though my mother had three children, something about dealing with them consistently had been anathema to her core identity, as if she
... See moreRather than viewing care work as characteristic of the noun “motherhood,” I now see it as the action of mothering, which includes anyone who is engaged in “the practice of creating, nurturing, affirming and supporting life.”
Lessons in Procrastination by Giselle Vriesen. https://www.breathingspacecreative.com/nourishing-word/lessons-in-procrastination-by-giselle-vriesen
Lessons in Procrastination by Giselle Vriesen. https://www.breathingspacecreative.com/nourishing-word/lessons-in-procrastination-by-giselle-vriesen
Lessons in Procrastination by Giselle Vriesen. https://www.breathingspacecreative.com/nourishing-word/lessons-in-procrastination-by-giselle-vriesen
Lessons in Procrastination by Giselle Vriesen. https://www.breathingspacecreative.com/nourishing-word/lessons-in-procrastination-by-giselle-vriesen