Past Caring

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Looking backwards to move forwards.

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About Sarah Sheldrake

‘Past Caring’ : finding words to express what’s left of me beyond the raising, examining that time and what went before it. Rumbling & reckoning with some hefty transitions. Trying to write a way through. Creative / Carer / solo SEN Parent

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