"As a human being..."

Ah, I actually rather like that, though.

As a human being who helped her single mother with caretaking and mothering, I am in a position where sometimes I feel lucky to have a certain amount of freedom now that I didn't always have. And yet, a tender side of me that believed I would have children someday also comes to the surface sometimes. It happened the other day. But perhaps I processed it? I just don't feel so emotionally moved by the loss of a dream at this time. Maybe it was because I was loving. I felt love for myself, and the tears, and the truth of what I experienced. 

A lot of people have experienced losses on this planet.

While it does sometimes seem like no one will ever truly see or experience exactly and precisely the same kind of experience, I know there are others who also have experienced similar things.

These thoughts came about after reading an article that might seem angry or put some mothers on the defensive:

"'As a mother’: the worst three words in the English language"

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mother-parenthood-english-worst-words-b2413359.html

But others won't be as put off, and might find it interesting to consider this writer's perspective. 

I have met open-minded people who have had children and yet have enough room to have compassion for others with different experiences. 

It may be that I am getting a deeper belief system:

Spiritual mothering is the most important kind of mothering.