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A third of the time, I feel like I did a good job with the choices I made in a day mothering my children. A third of the time I feel like a crappy mother who made crappy choices regarding my children. And a third of the time, I have no time to consider the…
My friend Jane, a fellow blogger in Ireland, wrote recently that she felt a feeling of Unutterable Fulfillment. She pushed through the Winter, writing at all hours of early morning and late night, while still being a mother and caretaker to her loved ones, and wrote the novel she’d always wanted to write. For real….
“What is that in her hand? She just put it in her mouth”, my husbands says. “Oh, it looks like a cat toy”, I say. “You mean the thing that the cat has drooled on with his lick-butt cat mouth?”, he says. “Yup.” I’m just not as fussy as he is. Sacrifices are made for…
Last weekend, I was chatting away with two mothers about when our children misbehave. I declared my son demands proof of my backbone at the most inopportune times. Like when my pregnancy hormones give me maximum wobbly levels or my self doubts have my self-esteem hovering at my ankles. He senses my humanity, feels insecure,…
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