Aunties
I’m running a newsletter and trying to write a book and also living in this hurting world, and it’s a lot. I was working on a really good post for you this week, aunties. The title is, “How to Accept Help,” and the tagline is, “It’s the
Women
From compulsory parenthood to informed consent. It took my partner and me a long time to decide not to become parents. We really wrestled with it. I had never wanted kids until, literally from one moment to the next, I did. My partner was game, so we started trying. I
Family
So 👋 many 👋 waving 👋 hand 👋 emojis 👋. I don’t know about you, but the idea that sensitive, neurodivergent, introverted adults would be great with kids strikes me as counterintuitive. Those of us with sensory sensitivities (hi! 👋) often have very specific needs around lighting, noise levels, smells, messes, and bodies careening around