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Thoughts on being two people at once, a mom and a writer (I’m on vacation … So enjoy this recycled post today!) OK, so I am a mom. Obviously. I usually have stains on my shirt. I sweat a lot from picking kids up and down all day, and if I am talking to you in a public place with my children in tow, I am typically looking out of the corner of my eye -
(I’m on vacation this week … So here’s a post from the archives. Enjoy!) Leading the way, thoughts about sisterhood and Down syndrome When Polly was born and we learned of her diagnosis of Down syndrome, I grieved the child I expected. I didn’t know much about Down syndrome. My mind quickly flipped to un-flattering images of a child sitting alone at recess, or a mother in her golden years walking slowly through the aisles of
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World Down Syndrome Day 2013, RAISE YOUR FLAG Today is World Down Syndrome Day 2013 … And I have no idea what to write, let alone the message I want communicated in the words I type. Why is this? I’ve been advocating for my daughters with Down syndrome for seven years. Even in the beginning, after my daughter Polly was born, as I grieved the child I expected (mostly out of ignorance), I still picked
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© Amdezigns | Dreamstime Stock Photos & Stock Free Images In My Arms “Mom!” Polly yells out in her sleep. Her body thrashes to and fro on our Queen sized bed. Her legs kick the covers off. Sweat glistens her forehead. Her father and two older sisters went out for the night. Her little sister, having been all tuckered out from school and therapy had been asleep for an hour. I bedded Polly in next to
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it’s nice when just being you allows you to be an inspiration to your family!
I so wish that all moms could read this and understand that this is what moms who work outside the home are trying to say. We’re not just one dimensional. None of us…it’s just that some of our dreams can grow within the confines of our houses and some of them can’t.
Despite where it resides, I am so happy you’re pursuing your dream!!
I really appreciate this post. I’ve been struggling with this concept lately. Yes, I’m a stay at home mom, but I’m also attempting this crazy thing called “writing a novel”. I have no idea what I’m doing and find myself making mistakes- rewriting rewriting rewriting. But I LOVE it, and on the days that I have time to leave the kids with someone else and go express myself that way I am MUCH more myself.
Thank you for this post! Such a valuable concept for all of us to hear.
I love this, and completely agree with Muttering Mama too. I am torn by this every day, and know that I am wife and mother first, but that I’m a better version of me when I have my business and my volunteer efforts mixed in there too. Yes, it’s a tough balance that I need to manage every day (and it doesn’t always work!), but it makes me who I am. I feel lucky to have the opportunity to express different dimensions of myself in different ways with different people. I think my 3 daughters are better for it too. As you say, “They see that they can have more than one dream in life, and with God’s help, can do things relatively okay most days.”
Yay and yes! I’m so glad you’re both a mother and a writer. We can definitely be those two people, and you wear both hats with grace, my dear! (And I love the new site!)