Shay “Truly, we know that we cannot really subsist on little sips of life. The wild force in a woman’s soul demands that she have access to it all.” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estés Several years ago, my eldest child was settling into adulthood and as a parent it was hard on me. As parents, we always …
“Work that is traditionally gendered female “is often assumed to be done out of love”; it’s women’s supposedly innate nurturing instincts that draw them to nursing, teaching and care work, not a desire for high pay or high status—perhaps one reason why teachers and nurses who strike or protest for better pay are often vilified.”- …
“Brothers like me don’t live too long, that’s why I have to write so many rap songs.”– Scallops Hotel aka Milo aka my eldest child. ______________________________________________________________ Last night as I was heading back to Maine after a long day at the office in Boston, I was deep in the midst of feeling the emotional and …