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For the ones who are brave enough to fly, despite the risk.
Dec 4, 2025 • Mariah Friend
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Apr 3, 2025 • Mariah Friend
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Start here for ways to connect to other creative caregivers and refill your well
May 13, 2025 • Mariah Friend
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Let my skeleton bones lie naked- pure and white in the glow of an effervescent moon.
Oct 22, 2023 • Mariah Friend
To baby or not to baby
Apr 26, 2025 • Mariah Friend
Notes from the query trenches ✏️
May 25, 2025 • Mariah Friend
I thought I had a chronic illness: Spoiler--I just needed more childcare
Sep 14, 2025 • Mariah Friend
Floorboards
Jan 3, 2024 • Mariah Friend
You're invited: Bring all of you, the good, bad, and ugly
Jan 22, 2023 • Mariah Friend

Motherhood

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Why consistency doesn't work for me
What a week of pink eye + solo parenting taught me about creativity
Oct 17, 2025 • Mariah Friend
A thousand times, I'd choose you
This body, this life, this moment--a carousel of delight and pain and magic.
Oct 1, 2025 • Mariah Friend
I thought I had a chronic illness: Spoiler--I just needed more childcare
How capitalism blinds us to the solutions we really need
Sep 14, 2025 • Mariah Friend

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How do we become the light, if we can't see it?
A conversation with Catriona Knapman about creative choices, shifting power dynamics, and collective courage
Jan 12 • Mariah Friend and Catriona Knapman
32 books and so much light ✨
Wrapping up 2025 with gratitude
Dec 8, 2025 • Mariah Friend
The Pattern Shop is here 🦋
For the ones who are brave enough to fly, despite the risk.
Dec 4, 2025 • Mariah Friend

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