2011 - Talk Birth

And, sharing these two quotes:
”Be wild; that is how to clear the river.” (Clarissa Pinkola Estes)
”We’re volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps
change. New mountains form” - Ursula Le Guin
But, returning to the notion of ”being seen,” I’ve decided that rather than take a complete break
from blogging, I’ve instead got to let go of making long, self-analyzing, personal journal type posts. I don’t
know that anyone even actually wants to read them AND they take a long time to write (and make me
seem neurotic and needy. Inside my head is an intense place!). This blog didn’t start out in that vein, but
as I’ve noted, it took on more of a personal journal feel when I was pregnant with Alaina and in the months
following her birth. I think it is time to bring it back from that personal ramble place and just share shorter
and more simple posts. I have trouble with short—this is why I don’t enjoy Twitter very much—but I also
know that long posts are very unlikely to be fully read. So, this is my last navel-gazing post for some time
to come (unless something is already in my drafts folder—I do have 78 drafts in there!).
I got a necklace at the ICAN conference with the image of a standing woman holding her arms up
to the moon. Inscribed on the back it says, ”the call of the wild is not a difficult song.”
Clear the river!
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2. http://talkbirth.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/i-just-want-to-grind-my-corn/
3. http://talkbirth.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/surrender/
4. http://talkbirth.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/xena.jpg
Barbara (2011-08-25 10:14:17)
Those of us who are allowed to witness your ragged self feel honored to be within the inner circle of your tribe.......just
so you know!
Dashaina (2011-12-15 16:11:33)
I LOVE that you wrote this... it makes me feel as if I am NOT the only one. :) Inspiring stuff, truly.
stiffianie (2011-12-16 08:06:13)
Feeling a bit ragged myself lately which is especially frustrating as I vowed that this year I would fully enjoy the entire
month of December and make sure we did lots of fun family centered things instead of cramming to get presents made
and sent like last year. *Sigh* Bit off more than I could chew and have had to deal with a couple life changes that
have really affected how everything in our household works. Now the kids have a hard time falling asleep unless I am
in bed as well - if I lie down for ten minutes they will usually be asleep but if I stay up for a couple of hours they will
continue to pop out of bed to pee or get a drink of water or see what I’m doing. Unfortunately ten minutes is about
what it takes for me to fall asleep as well...then I lose my night hours which are the precious hours that I need to
get things done (house related or not). I’m sure that we will figure out a good routine for our family it’s just a bad
time to be adjusting. Your comments on ’another minute’ were very timely for me. I said the exact same thing to my
daughter last night to which she replied ’You said that a minute ago.’ She was right so I rephrased my statement to
’when I’m finished with this’ which I think was a more honest answer. I think I say ’in a minute’ because that is my
intent but I fail to calculate the time involved in some projects/endeavors so when I use more accurate (and easier
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