Maybe the woman in your dream was my mama! She passed away just shy of her birthday 6 months ago. She was also a quadruple amputee. Caretaking definitely shifts prescribed roles, and requires us to shed our puritanical ideals… when intimacy is required for basic needs, it absolves those taboos. I’m so grateful for the time I had with my mom as company, as caretaker, as child. And I very much enjoy your writing and where it takes us. My heart is with you.
That’s so heartfelt. Thank you for letting me know Mandy. I see the child in her too, in my father and in me. I’m glad to hear about your opportunity to be with her, and to have her visit me in my dreams.
Maybe the woman in your dream was my mama! She passed away just shy of her birthday 6 months ago. She was also a quadruple amputee. Caretaking definitely shifts prescribed roles, and requires us to shed our puritanical ideals… when intimacy is required for basic needs, it absolves those taboos. I’m so grateful for the time I had with my mom as company, as caretaker, as child. And I very much enjoy your writing and where it takes us. My heart is with you.
That’s so heartfelt. Thank you for letting me know Mandy. I see the child in her too, in my father and in me. I’m glad to hear about your opportunity to be with her, and to have her visit me in my dreams.
I appreciate the vulnerability