YOU ARE AWESOME!
Because sometimes you just need to hear it.
mothering
In your grandmother’s womb: The egg that made you.
Within my mum, within her mum, a tiny egg was developed*, Within my matriarchal line this egg was enveloped, The time came, this awesome egg received it’s spark And Two new humans formed, ready to make their mark. Two within, and within them seven who came to be And within five of them were eggs …
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The Tenacious Breastfeeder
For years I dreamt of motherhood. Everywhere I looked, there were pregnant women and mothers. I was an aunty. Being an Aunty is great. Until you want to be a Mother. My heart would wrench as I watched my beautiful nieces reach up to my sister and wrap their arms around her neck. I longed …
Tuning In
A poem about becoming a mother
The F-Word
On Wednesday, I had the audacity to be at a PUBLIC meeting with my children. A man tried to suggest our presence there was a problem. I have a right to be there, as do my children. So I told him to “deal with it”. If they were running riot, I would have left. As …
The Long Goodbye
In the daily grind of mothering, we are told ‘this too shall pass’ When the days are long, we are told this too shall pass… In the drudgery and groundhogness of mothering, this too shall pass. Often though we are not told, That as this passes by, it means our babies have grown. and from the nest …
The Coming of Spock: Mothering in the 60’s
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” (opening lines from The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care) Along Came a Doctor called Spock His revolutionary tale’s a shock Instinct was in Goodbye to the King and the troublesome Plunket Clock A change for the better, this still popular book, set …
You want to do what with your tits?
Boobs, knockers, Tits, hooters, fun bags… call them what you will, they have a biological purpose. To feed babies. But culturally – they take on a whole new purpose. Sales. The cultural influence on breastfeeding is enormous. Boobs are Big Business. And our modern culture is media-driven; advertising and pop-culture dominate how we identify, how we …