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Katie Muirhead's avatar

Woof. I found myself as a very young mother of 2 girls wondering if this is it. Do I raise my girls to be mothers and that’s all for them and me? Like, do we just hope someone has a son so we can raise someone who will be something more than a mother?

And have you ever felt like motherhood is similar to a MLM? My mother in law waxes poetic about motherhood and homemaking yet I find myself feeling very unsupported by her, almost tricked. Whew, this dumb speech has unleashed a lot of feelings. As always, your writing is its own revelation.

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Kelby Thwaits's avatar

Loved your article Celeste. “It’s not fair” and the concept of “chosen” instead of culturally forced motherhood, are seemingly obvious, yet deeply difficult ideas to implement and are desperately needed, especially in the evangelical/mormon/trad-life spheres. Thank you!

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