Thank you so much, again, for this newsletter. It feels like you're putting my own experience into words, and I so appreciate the shared experience and the ability you have to voice it. I'm a homebirth midwife with a working partner and three big kids (18, 15, and 11) and an almost three year old who was a surprise in 2020. This all brings me back to a couple years ago when my little guy was a baby. Wish that you and I were working in the same community!
Wow, we've got some big pieces of our Venn diagrams in common! I wish we were in the same physical locale too. Thank you, always, for your comments; they really do help me keep going when some days it is much easier, in all the shuffling, to not write at all.
"this baby will know what it means to be hungry for all of it, but right now they just need a minute to be ready for it." the perfect ending for this piece ~
Love it all! My third child came when my two eldest were 12 and 10. There is a certain grief of having the big ones fly into the world while still trying to keep the traditions and joys of childhood for the youngest. It is a difficult straddling dance that I remember all too well.
I guarantee you, though, that your baby will be your comfort and companion when the others leave the nest. Thank you for taking us into your September. When it’s ready, that book will be birthed and we will welcome it hungrily. Until then, read and nurse and rest and drink up every drop of baby Hanif’s baby goodness.
"...An appetite to change everything and do everything and change nothing and do nothing" rings so true! My baby is 10.5 months old and I am feeling so pulled between different paths.
What an exquisite and courageous peek into your and your family’s life. A privilege to read - thank you for writing it. The contradictions and hunger for integration of my many-ness is something I feel viscerally on a daily basis, especially with my family growing oh so very soon.
For what it’s worth, this Substack is well worth any absence on Instagram itself for me (I know you mentioned thinking about leaving that medium). It’s a true pleasure. ❤️
This is so beautiful! I devour your pieces, I get excited to see them arrive in my inbox. Thanks for the reminder to just BE, just BE BE BE
Breathtaking.
Thank you so much, again, for this newsletter. It feels like you're putting my own experience into words, and I so appreciate the shared experience and the ability you have to voice it. I'm a homebirth midwife with a working partner and three big kids (18, 15, and 11) and an almost three year old who was a surprise in 2020. This all brings me back to a couple years ago when my little guy was a baby. Wish that you and I were working in the same community!
Wow, we've got some big pieces of our Venn diagrams in common! I wish we were in the same physical locale too. Thank you, always, for your comments; they really do help me keep going when some days it is much easier, in all the shuffling, to not write at all.
Oh and we homeschool and have no child care. It's rare to share so many pieces in common AND have similar politics!
"this baby will know what it means to be hungry for all of it, but right now they just need a minute to be ready for it." the perfect ending for this piece ~
Thank you ❤️
Love it all! My third child came when my two eldest were 12 and 10. There is a certain grief of having the big ones fly into the world while still trying to keep the traditions and joys of childhood for the youngest. It is a difficult straddling dance that I remember all too well.
I guarantee you, though, that your baby will be your comfort and companion when the others leave the nest. Thank you for taking us into your September. When it’s ready, that book will be birthed and we will welcome it hungrily. Until then, read and nurse and rest and drink up every drop of baby Hanif’s baby goodness.
Captivating, Robina! I get lost in your writing, hang on every word, and somehow find myself at the end always wanting more! Brilliantly written
"...An appetite to change everything and do everything and change nothing and do nothing" rings so true! My baby is 10.5 months old and I am feeling so pulled between different paths.
What an exquisite and courageous peek into your and your family’s life. A privilege to read - thank you for writing it. The contradictions and hunger for integration of my many-ness is something I feel viscerally on a daily basis, especially with my family growing oh so very soon.
For what it’s worth, this Substack is well worth any absence on Instagram itself for me (I know you mentioned thinking about leaving that medium). It’s a true pleasure. ❤️
I cannot get enough of your writing. It’s just so good.