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Nathan Davis Hunt's avatar

My wife went through two horrible rounds of breaking herself trying to breastfeed our children. Months of triple-feeding and mastitis later (both times) finally resigning herself in a complicated mix of shame and grace and self-assurance that this was ok -- that motherhood and breastfeeding have always been communal, life supported in networks not isolation, that for so long lives were just lost in situations like hers. The vast gap between how this inability to breastfeed and decision to stop impacted the two of us has been my most visceral window into what women hold and what holds women. Grateful for your writing as another window into that wild, verdant, scorched, grace-needing landscape.

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Krista Steele's avatar

The ideas we choose to reject (release?) are at least as important as the ones we keep. What a powerful reminder that the actual, physical images we’re surrounded by matter deeply. They’re not just an aesthetic reflection of our preferences and style, they’re mirrors into our deeply held beliefs, ideals, hopes and dreams. This was a much needed reminder that it’s good to let go of ideas that restrict fullness of being.

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