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I am sitting at Theo’s soccer game when I hear a mother’s voice. It says: “There’s no such thing as girl toys or boy toys. You just like what you like.” She was talking to her young daughter, a spirited little girl with blonde hair. Her name is Ruby. Ruby’s mother’s words have stayed with me.
I’ve been meaning to write this for over a month now. When we make a choice to do one thing, we are saying no to many others. And I have kept saying yes to dishes and laundry and sleep and sorting pile after pile of papers, and work, because I don’t want to get fired. This makes for a temporarily clean house and a somewhat rested body and a few extra dollars. But I’ve said no to creativity.
