Julie Quiroz
Where Days Are Born
I was a little girl in the north at the far edge of a zone where summer darkness began long after bedtime
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Julie Quiroz
Jun 52 min read
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The first time I visited a community birth center I cried. I didn’t cry when I saw the beautiful sparkling clean birthing rooms that...
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Julie Quiroz
May 61 min read
Some of Us
I’ve never tried to write a blog on the brink of genocide.
I don’t believe I can.
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Julie Quiroz
Apr 73 min read
Dance
A few weeks ago I helped bring together a small group of birth justice leaders from around the country ... We began by dancing.
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Julie Quiroz
Mar 73 min read
Life
A few weeks ago, in divine mystery, I lost my father and my brother on the same day.
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Feb 83 min read
Last
Last year, a brilliant and beloved movement leader passed, far younger than any of us ever imagined.
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Jan 103 min read
Slowerness
My first impulse going into this year was, How can I do more?
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Julie Quiroz
Dec 10, 20232 min read
Sing
I have no words in this new moon, other than those I can sing.
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Julie Quiroz
Nov 10, 20235 min read
Midnight Call
I received a call at a little before midnight.
I was asleep. My 14-year old daughter had just crawled into my bed after studying late ...
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Julie Quiroz
Oct 12, 20233 min read
Blind Spot
Last week I traveled to a small gathering of some core partners. One of them mentioned, in passing, his "blind spot" and how he's learning
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Julie Quiroz
Sep 13, 20232 min read
Tomato Dreams
I like to measure my days in delight. The delight of roosters crowing in the morning twilight, as I lie cozy in my bed...
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Julie Quiroz
Aug 16, 20233 min read
Breadfruit
A new friend here loves to walk at sunrise, before the heat. We walk and he points out the plants that have been with him since childhood ..
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Julie Quiroz
Jul 16, 20233 min read
Accelerating Kindness
My friend and badass organizer Maria says the only thing she really cares about is kindness ...
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Julie Quiroz
Jun 15, 20231 min read
The Practices of Power
This past week, as my friends and family in Detroit and New York struggled to breath with northern wildfire smoke billowing in ..
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Julie Quiroz
May 17, 20232 min read
In the Presence of Elder Black Midwives
Last weekend I entered a room of Elder Black Midwives, into a realm of power and spirit that I’ve rarely, if ever experienced in my life.
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Julie Quiroz
Apr 18, 20233 min read
Bringing to Light
In many Spanish-speaking countries, “dar a luz” means to give birth. In English, the words “dar a luz” translate beautifully ...
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Julie Quiroz
Mar 19, 20232 min read
Stirring It Up
While a sprout lifting its head from the soil brings me to tears, and I once wrote a poem about a cucumber in my container garden ...
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Julie Quiroz
Feb 19, 20233 min read
Finding Energy
2.20.23 New Moon I’m a little behind on my 2023 intention setting. I usually spend the first week of January reflecting on the past year...
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Julie Quiroz
Jan 20, 20232 min read
Feeling Our Way
1.21.23 New Moon I don’t believe that I really know anything unless I physically experience it. And, even then, meaning only comes when I...
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Julie Quiroz
Dec 20, 20221 min read
Best Intention Ever
I'm staying open
to where I need to be,
to who I need to be.
I'm choosing wonder over certainty,
possibility over control ...
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