What did Meghan O'Rourke mean by: A mother is beyond any notion of a beginning. That’s what makes her a mother. Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer Copy
If the condition of grief is nearly universal, its transactions are exquisitely personal. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Grief, Personalization, Universality, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
+ Loss is so paradoxical: It is at once enormous and tiny. Author, October 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Contradiction, Emotions, Perception, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
+ A mother is the portal by which you enter the world. Author, September 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Birth, Connection, Motherhood, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
Our minds are mysterious; our conscious brain is like a ship on a sea that is obscure to us. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Consciousness, Mystery, Uncertainty, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
A mother is a story with no beginning. That is what defines her. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Identity, Legacy, Love, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Clarity, Expression, Reflection, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
Suddenly it was fall, the season of death, the anniversary of things-going-to-hell. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Death, Seasons, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
Nothing prepared me for the loss of my mother. Even knowing that she would die did not prepare me. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Meghan O'Rourke, Grief, Loss, Preparation, 0 Meghan O'Rourke Poet and writer
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