And you need to feel grounded. ~ ALSO THE UNIVERSE.
Possibly the most talkative masseuse I have ever encountered was pleasantly none too precious about the topic of motherhood. She grew up where I used to live but had to move away because it got so expensive. She also was the oldest and took care of a sibling or siblings. Unlike me, she had a baby at age 18. "I did it all natural. I wanted to die," she said. She told them she didn't want any more kids, but the hospital was Catholic and wouldn't listen to her. One birth took only four hours. "And I still wanted to die." She walked to work and everywhere else because she didn't even have a car yet.
Her second birth, five years later, took 8 hours. "Didn't want to come out," she said grimly. And she stated, "You don't want kids." I think it's that she was saying she doesn't want more of them, but also, I thought to myself, she doesn’t make me feel like chewing on clothing. She said she's looking forward to her second kid reaching college age. It was a great massage, although I felt very dizzy afterwards. I think I need to ask for the masseuse to just give a few strokes down towards my feet at the end, for "grounding" before I get off the table. Now I want to drink water with cucumber and lemon and mint and strawberries...
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