March 9th, 2026

Prompt: “Ask your body”

Nora Wormwood

“I have asked so much of my body, as we all do.  Most notably, I've asked it to carry and birth three babies (no easy feat).  I weighed out, in red clay, the birth weights of my daughters.  8lb8oz, 8lb13oz, 9lb11.5oz.  As I measured out the clay, the first large hunk I cut I figured would be around 5lb.  It was 3lb.  I was astounded at how heavy these babies really were, how I can fool myself into thinking it wasn't much to carry.  I ask so much of my body.  I take so much of what it can do for granted, but never birth.  Birth pushed me to my limit and made me feel more alive than I ever have.  It was very clear what was being asked of my body in those moments, what I was asking of my body.”

- @wormwoodnorawormwood

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