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reading this got me wondering how did I get through twelve years of school if not for friends???

"Of course- there are some categories of unpaid work that can make life deeply meaningful, including caring for family members. But it's saying nothing against the meaning and value of caregiving to say that it helps all family members–those giving care and those taken care of–when these duties are shared"

CLOCK IT melinda🤏🏼🤏🏼🤏🏼

"As women gain rights, families flourish, and so do societies. That connection is built on a simple truth: Whenever you include a group that's been excluded, you benefit everyone. And when you're working globally to include women and girls, who are half of every population, you're working to benefit all members of every community. Gender equity lifts everyone."

Shakespeare of the stars

A man who stand up for his woman????! SEATED

Honestly, a crash course into life.

such an honest testament of grief and loss and love. it is really hard to listen to

'I think there comes a point when all mothers realize this. We have the children that we have, not the ones we imagined we'd have or the ones we'd have liked, and they're the ones we end up having to contend with..sometimes children come to
us without us having planned it, as if someone had deposited an egg in our nest.'

"I would be lying if I said I didn't need her (my mother): when she's not around I feel I've lost my grip on the world. If you don't leave home you suffocate; if you go too far. you lose oxygen,' as Vivian Gornick said hitting the nail on the head"

"We daughters have a tendency to see in our mother's mistakes the source of all our problems, and our mothers tend to consider our defects as proof of a possible failure."