I’m inspired to think of a woman writing an entire book in a day, doubly inspired to know she did it with two small children running around.
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Things You Might Miss
about your partner… It’s inevitable, I suppose, after being married a certain and very large number of years, like 42 or so– your friends start losing their partners in various ways… They’ve tossed or replaced them, and some have died. So you start thinking of what you might miss about your own partner. I start with his arms around me, the way our bodies, somewhat similar in height, meet each other on equal ground, wrap around, fit together. His stomach at 63 is still flat, almost concave on some days when he doesn’t remember how much food he actually needs… My stomach has no such issues, having housed six children (not in my stomach exactly, I know), and often thinking about the next food fix, but I tend toward not allowing myself to fill out too much so we still fit together well. After this many years, I’m thankful he…
yesterday's dress
Yesterday’s Dress
Sometimes the problem with being feminist is how fierce it makes you, how everything becomes a symbol of a dominating patriarchal society…Seeing my dress laid out by his hands brings a wash of tenderness over my fierce resolve.