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A helicopter was just flying low and loud too close to my house and I’m very glad it seems to be gone now.

πŸ’¬πŸ“š “We give the people we mother our bodies, and what they will recall is our presence and heat, our animal closeness.” Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change

πŸ’¬πŸ“š “I don’t believe care work has to wreck us. This labor can be shared, social, collectiveβ€”and transformative.” Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change

πŸ’¬πŸ“š “Those who mother are the sanitation workers of bodiesβ€” handling the refuse, the filth and putrescence, living in the stink.” Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change

For Garbes, mothering is a type of care work not reserved exclusively for parents.

So worn out and it’s almost time to start the second shift of my day job (parenting).

Decided to do morning pages over at 750words. It’s not longhand, but it also doesn’t give me hand cramps, so. πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ