Our Bodies: Ourselves

Our Bodies: Ourselves

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Our Bodies: Ourselves
Our Bodies: Ourselves
The day my body became a person

The day my body became a person

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Liddy Grantland (she/her)
Dec 14, 2023
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In the fall of 2020, I found myself, like the rest of the world, reckoning with a rapidly-worsening pandemic after rapidly-loosened restrictions were lifted (for some of us). I also found myself living and learning in a L’Arche community. I was working full-time as a caregiver while also living in a home with the four people I supported, and with my fel…

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