Becoming a Mother
Recorded from a memory of 1999 · spoken in Portuguese
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The first time I held my second child my hands were shaking. I was frightened and, at the same time, completely unafraid. Both were true.
In that moment I understood something simple and enormous: this was why I was here.
Motherhood taught me a kind of courage that has nothing to do with being strong. It is the courage to keep showing up, tired, and still full of love.
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when I held my baby the first time my hands were shaking, I was scared, I was so scared, and also I was not scared at all, both things, does that make sense? I said okay, now I know why I am here...
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People
- My children
Places
- United States
Dates
- 1999
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