Something beautiful is stirring.
The first 33 mothers have already stepped into the circle—pre-registered, curious, ready to share. By September 2025 what can't be shared in a quick text or a tidy essay, will be shared in intimate conversation. For the moment though, while we wait together, the stories are starting to swirl like tidepools: quiet, strong, real.

15 cups of tea later (and counting), project web design, postcard production, editorial crafting and even setting up the back end to support 100 tender conversations or inner-views is well underway. Slow. Deliberate. Full of grace.

Our widget quietly counts what matters: not just numbers, but signals. A grant on the horizon. Supporters becoming sponsors. Mentors arriving in perfect timing.
This isn’t a pitch. It’s a pulse.

We’re not pushing. We’re pacing.
Because what wants to be shared will come when it’s ready.

Until then, the counter ticks on.
Come take a look. Stay a moment. Or many.
View the counter (At the bottom of the landing page).
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For the quiet ones, the watchers, the waiters:
​you’re part of this too.

New Project Postcards Are Here
An invitation to pre-register for the
​100 Women – 100 Oceans project

They’ve arrived. Simple, tangible, and heartfelt—our first round of postcards for 100 Women – 100 Oceans: Notes from the Parenting Underbelly are now making their way into the world. You might find one tucked into your local café, handed to you at a gathering, or sitting quietly in a stack somewhere waiting for the right moment.

Each one is an invitation.
To participate.
To be witnessed.
To help shape something real.

If you feel called, you're warmly invited to pre-register. There’s no rush, no pressure—just a gentle beginning.
Gratitude goes out to the people who helped bring these into being:

– Jai, for the steady design guidance.
– Mackenzie, who generously supported
the first printing.

Thanks for helping this vision take physical form.

If you’re holding a postcard and wondering if this might be for you—the short answer is: if you’re a parent in the West Kootenay who wants to share a piece of your truth, yes. This space is being made with care, and you’re welcome in it.
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You can learn more and pre-register at: www.carinacostom.com/contact
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With appreciation,
Carina

Hello Dear Ones:

If you're feeling inspired, keen or simply soulful, here is one easy way to dip your toe in this summer to begin exploring your contribution  (optional, of course) for the 100 Women | 100 Oceans project - expected start date, late September 2025:

Reflect and respond
Consider how living rurally—and your connection to land, water, and community (or the absence of it)—shapes your identity as a woman and a mother. You're invited to send a thoughtful reflection, along with an optional high-resolution selfie, in response to this question: “What does it mean to YOU to be a rural mother, a mother of a child with difference from the so-called-norm, a disability, a lone parent or co-parent, or a parent with a hidden disability raising a child with differences (like me)?”

​I'm working on my answer too!

Sneak Peek & Feedback Welcome
Before it hits the waves in June 2025, here’s early access to part II of the article on matrescence: https://www.carinacostom.com/guest-essays.html (look for the .pdf file). 
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I’d love your thoughts on this one or your ideas for a third piece.

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Hello wonderful ones,​

Grant News
The application to the Canada Council for the Arts just passed the next stage since February 28th, 2025 grant request submission. The project is eligible and complete and we are now in the capable hands of the peer assessment team at the Canada Council.
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Fingers crossed, seaweed offerings made. I’ll keep you posted.