You know what else is true about criers? We laugh harder than most. We experience everything actively—with our whole hearts. The good and the bad, the fun and the sad. Most people understand the logic behind a good cry when things go badly, or when we’re mourning the loss of a job or loved one. […]
Just before my milk let down, I felt a wave of sadness swell from the pit of my stomach. It was a feeling I described to friends as wistfulness, even homesickness, a scooped-out, hollow feeling. A short, but powerful unmooring. Because my pregnancy had been hard, I decided I would only breastfeed my baby if […]
Implying that mothers are sick or “selfish” for wanting to continue nourishing and nurturing their babies past a certain age is not only misinformed, but is demeaning to women, mothers, and children. Almost every time I read an article about extended breastfeeding—or even breastfeeding past six months—someone comments that at a certain point, breastfeeding is […]
This originally appeared on Alternet.org. Republished here with permission. These are a few bits of hard-won wisdom I wouldn’t mind shouting out to my past self. “Strange things are afoot at the Circle K…” Points if you recognize that line from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, which gave the world many things including a young Keanu Reeves. […]
