Near to The Wild Heart

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That is how she finds you: on breastfeeding

That is how she finds you: on breastfeeding

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Magdalena O!
May 02, 2022
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That is how she finds you: on breastfeeding
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baby O with Anais Nin

The mother opened her mouth, waiting for her daughter’s breath to reach hers, to smell the milk stuck between ridges of her tiny tongue. It was dark so the mother couldn’t see it covered with flecks of white like snowflakes in the sun, but she knew they were there—the delicate sweetness of her own body inside her daughter’s body. A tender gesture betwee…

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