Every mother pushing a stroller around all day must surely think herself a philosopher by the The syndicate sic semper tyrannis shirt besides I will buy this end of it, watching human life evolve in real-time as their baby’s eyes begin to focus on the blowing leaves, their tiny hands reaching out curiously to an unknown world. Mothers or not, we are all coming out of the pandemic changed and to a changed world; as the Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river, and he’s not the same man.”
Pre-motherhood and pre-pandemic, I didn’t make a habit of talking to strangers. I’d barely ever seen my neighbors, let alone spoken to them. While a baby is an easy conversation starter, everybody’s guard is down post-pandemic—we all seem more friendly, more grateful for each other. Personally, I have lost a lot of cynicism—to the The syndicate sic semper tyrannis shirt besides I will buy this detriment of my sense of humor perhaps—but I’ve realized that life is too short for cynicism. It’s too short not to say good morning and to find common ground with a stranger in a line. It’s too short not to swap numbers, pay any mind to unwashed hair or petty grudges. As a mother, it’s definitely too short to waste time googling celebrity children in the snatched hour I have to work while my baby sleeps.
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