I find your work so comforting Amy, and really admire the way you lay out your ideas and connections so clearly and thoughtfully.
I started following All Well several years ago and am very pleased that now I get to absorb more of your writing work. We seem to be in the same timing of family life and reading your thinking on being a mum helps me clarify what is so often a gorgeous, muddy puddle.
"Now I see that all of parenthood will be a labyrinth," yes to this! And such a good reminder/reframe against the constant idea that any of this is linear, that we must always be making "progress," (whatever that means).
“Is life just a series of nested labyrinths, where you exit one only to enter another that is bigger and weirder soon after?” THIS
The labyrinth is a metaphor/physical form that I come back to again and again, especially after the birth of my second. I love how you’ve extended the imagery into parenting and crises and life in general.
“No wrong turn to get here, no wrong turn ahead, just the endless corridor of now, the gentle bend toward what’s next. ”
- woof -
A reminder I needed. 🧡
I find your work so comforting Amy, and really admire the way you lay out your ideas and connections so clearly and thoughtfully.
I started following All Well several years ago and am very pleased that now I get to absorb more of your writing work. We seem to be in the same timing of family life and reading your thinking on being a mum helps me clarify what is so often a gorgeous, muddy puddle.
Thanks for your ideas,
Alice in Australia
"Now I see that all of parenthood will be a labyrinth," yes to this! And such a good reminder/reframe against the constant idea that any of this is linear, that we must always be making "progress," (whatever that means).
“Is life just a series of nested labyrinths, where you exit one only to enter another that is bigger and weirder soon after?” THIS
The labyrinth is a metaphor/physical form that I come back to again and again, especially after the birth of my second. I love how you’ve extended the imagery into parenting and crises and life in general.