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Play, as unstructured pleasurable activity, is so often ignored by women. We so often find ourselves in unending roles of caregiving, that we ignore what really makes us happy. What makes our essential selves, the selves that existed long before we were attached to a significant other or to offspring, truly happy. We have forgotten how to play.
I could feel myself opening up. Beginning to change. Beginning to move. I could feel the pain shifting. Leaving. Or transforming. My voice was coming back. My lungs were unfurling. I realized my body was strong. It had carried me through horrible things. Protected me and nurtured me. It deserved my love and my loyalty.
