\nI\u2019ve been thinking about drafting a manual for expecting mothers. An honest guide to a complex time of life for which no one\u2019s ever properly prepared. After I became a mom, I asked an older friend, \u201cHow come you never told me I\u2019d lose my identity when I had a kid?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c \u2019Cause it\u2019s temporary. They give you a new one. And I kind of forgot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
When I sit down to begin my manual, I realize how specific my guide is to one demographic. So then, O.K., a mothering guide for middle-class, heterosexual women who went to college and are gainfully employed. But once I\u2019ve arrived there, my pen raised and at the ready, I realize I actually have very little wisdom. So: a brochure. Pen in hand. Until I realize that what I\u2019ve learned about being a middle-class, hetero mother who went to college could actually be boiled down to one or two fortune cookies. I write, \u201cHORMONES ARE LIFE. HORMONES ARE MENTAL ILLNESS<\/small>.\u201d I write, \u201cEQUALITY BETWEEN THE SEXES DOES NOT EXIST<\/small>.\u201d And then my job is done.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
a great story: “a love story” by samantha hunt. I\u2019ve been thinking about drafting a manual for expecting mothers. An honest guide to a complex time of life for which no one\u2019s ever properly prepared. After I became a mom, I asked an older friend, \u201cHow come you never told me I\u2019d lose my identity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12801,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12799\/revisions\/12801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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