The way my daughter entered the world prepared me for the life she faces, the life I’ve faced. The rape of our bodies and minds by those to whom our words seem surreptitious. People will assault her by disregarding her words, want, and will insisting that what we wear- our skin, our suit, our smile- is more indicative of our intent than our intentional verbal insistences. Continue reading
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A Birth Story
When it started, it felt like a stomach ache. Every once in a while it was a just a little stomach ache. They were about five minutes apart. Normally that’s when they tell you to head to the hospital, but if all went well I wasn’t going to end up there at all. We called … Continue reading