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Raising Us Wrecked Her Career But My Mom's Thriving In Her Second Act

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Samuel Ashworth
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It turns out that mothering us for 20 years was like training in a weighted vest: ever since we left home she’s soared.

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Austin Kleon @austinkleon · May 9, 2022
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This is a wonderful piece and reminds me of this wisdom from Ursula K. Le Guin: “Babies eat books. But they spit out wads of them that can be taped back together; and they are only babies for a couple of years, while writers live for decades…”
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