from maiden to mother
the transition from maiden to mother — what psychologist Dana Raphael called matrescence — is one of the most profound identity shifts a woman will ever move through. like adolescence,...
a mother grows a person from nothing, feeds a life from her own body. and for that, she gets a card and a casserole..
we think that's backwards.
you pour your love, so that she may grow
you didn't lose herself in motherhood. you became someone so much bigger, and came home to yourself
storm first. then color.
for the mother who knows
what a rainbow really means.
she is the source.
the warmth they reach for.
the light everything grows toward.
for the mother who keeps rising.
the world celebrates the baby. we celebrate her. gifting is an act of devotion- a way to honor who she's becoming, and the crown she wears without recognition.
the transition from maiden to mother — what psychologist Dana Raphael called matrescence — is one of the most profound identity shifts a woman will ever move through. like adolescence,...