How I Did an Artist Residency with My 2-Year-Old (and Accidentally Became a Performance Artist in Survival Mode)
There are many things I learnt soon after becoming a mom. One of the lessons that took me a back—and crept up from behind like an unsolicited philosophical insight at 3 a.m.—was that returning to work after childbirth is harder than starting the job for the first time. Or at least that was my experience. There are so many factors to consider, as you are now simultaneously providing care to a dependent human being while attempting to re-enter a professional identity you once believed was stab
Parenting My Child While Re-Parenting Myself
At first, it felt beautiful and instinctive—like stepping into a role I was naturally meant for. But slowly, almost quietly, the cracks began to show. Not in my life on paper, but within me—my patience, my emotional capacity, the parts of myself I hadn’t fully healed. Because parenting doesn’t just raise a child—it reveals the parent.