Barb Jordan

“families get formed in all sorts of ways, ways”
― Laurie Frankel, Family Family

“I would go so far as to say that as human beings, we are less of a “who” and more of a “when.” We are a body. But our atoms were many things before, and they will be many things after. The air I’m breathing is the same air your ancestors breathed. Even what is in my body right now—the cells, the air, the bacteria— it’s not only mine. It is a point of connection with every other living thing, made up of the same kinds of particles, ruled by the same physical laws.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

“It seemed to her that the people who had decided all birth mothers were regretful and unhappy and had been forced to do something they didn’t want to do were probably men.”
― Laurie Frankel, Family Family

“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants