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“The skills developed in the body by taking care of a baby are a gift, a way of being in the world, and a way of connecting with all the women—and some men—who have learned these skills before.”

Book:Homing Instincts: Early Motherhood on a Midwestern Farm

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“My baby is taking in the world, taking in me in front of her. I look into her eyes and feel myself absorbed by her like one liquid poured into another. Her eyes search mine under the frail porous muslin, which turns the harsh mountain sunlight to soft heat. Mother and daughter. Madre y hija.”

Book:Homing Instincts: Early Motherhood on a Midwestern Farm

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“Child-rearing is notoriously boring, monotonous, and repetitive and yet somehow perpetually changing and intermittent; it can be simultaneously frenetic and eternal.”

Book:Homing Instincts: Early Motherhood on a Midwestern Farm

Source: Homing Instincts: Early Motherhood on a Midwestern Farm