MotherFly Musings

Dream Harvesting as a Mother

Dream Harvesting as a Mother

  I crawled out of bed at 1:30 am, grateful for the four hours of sleep I managed but aching for more. My body was heavy with fatigue as I...
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Motherbirth and my Matrescence

Motherbirth and my Matrescence

Eighteen years ago, sweaty and exhausted after 41 hours of labor and 3 hours of pushing, Nehama’s wet, slippery body collapsed onto my warm, trembling chest. I had made it....
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The Labyrinth of Matrescence

The Labyrinth of Matrescence

This day was the realization of a vision I have been holding for a long time. Three midwives brought 5 pregnant mamas and one newly postpartum mama out into the...
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The (many) Thresholds of Matrescence

The (many) Thresholds of Matrescence

  It’s been a while.  I’ve been quiet these last few summer months navigating many transitions, or thresholds, as I like to call them.  I prepared for a huge threshold...
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Community birth

Birthing in Community

When I say it takes a village to raise a mother, I’m not using empty words nor am I speaking about something that I don’t practice giving and receiving myself,...
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Patriarchy & the Pots on My Stove

Patriarchy & the Pots on My Stove

Last night, after a long, full day doing many of my favorite things, I felt a bit of anxiety creeping in.  I tried to brush it off at first….I’m probably just tired, ...
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Where the Fuck I've been...

Where the Fuck I've been...

  As many of you know I've been struggling with my mental health since the birth of my third daughter six years ago. The waves of disorienting dips into depression...
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Dolls and Dogma

Dolls and Dogma

  When I became a mother I took a solemn vow that my daughter would not be inundated with princess stories and Barbie dolls.  Somehow I would protect her from...
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