I borrowed this book from the library because I wasn’t sure I would like it, afraid it would all be over my head. I have since bought my own because I kept copying so much of it. I am 53 and my kids are grown, out of the house one year now, this book seems the perfect transition book, (although I also thought about how I might have looked at life differently if I had read it earlier, the message resonates with all ages.) It’s time to claim and embrace the possibilities of this new life. If I had to pick one line, it would be, “Yet love in its fullest form is a series of deaths and rebirths….To love means to embrace and at the same time to withstand many many endings, and many beginnings – all in the same relationship.” I read that and thought: Why has no one ever told me this???? I feel like I was always told relationships were always good or bad, never that even good relationships were a series of adjustments. It makes the ups and downs of marriage seem so much more normal, expected, healthy, unavoidable. Even in motherhood, I am lucky enough to still be close with both of my kids, but parenting is all about renegotiating roles, each time with its own beauty and challenges, deaths and rebirths. What a great recommendation!
Oh I loved Terra Incognita . I bought this for my husband just before we got married and the year after I finished Uni in Glasgow . Then living in Suffolk it made me miss the space in Scotland so much more . Her writing is beautiful and the sense of space and smallness resonated and is humbling. Enjoyed her Chile one too 👍
I borrowed this book from the library because I wasn’t sure I would like it, afraid it would all be over my head. I have since bought my own because I kept copying so much of it. I am 53 and my kids are grown, out of the house one year now, this book seems the perfect transition book, (although I also thought about how I might have looked at life differently if I had read it earlier, the message resonates with all ages.) It’s time to claim and embrace the possibilities of this new life. If I had to pick one line, it would be, “Yet love in its fullest form is a series of deaths and rebirths….To love means to embrace and at the same time to withstand many many endings, and many beginnings – all in the same relationship.” I read that and thought: Why has no one ever told me this???? I feel like I was always told relationships were always good or bad, never that even good relationships were a series of adjustments. It makes the ups and downs of marriage seem so much more normal, expected, healthy, unavoidable. Even in motherhood, I am lucky enough to still be close with both of my kids, but parenting is all about renegotiating roles, each time with its own beauty and challenges, deaths and rebirths. What a great recommendation!
I like the idea of that one - it is on my list now
This is a great book I bought in the mid 90s an absolute classic embracing the wild women within us!
I have The Artist Way which I pull out and read parts of over and over. I will try women who run with wolves.
Oh I loved Terra Incognita . I bought this for my husband just before we got married and the year after I finished Uni in Glasgow . Then living in Suffolk it made me miss the space in Scotland so much more . Her writing is beautiful and the sense of space and smallness resonated and is humbling. Enjoyed her Chile one too 👍