I’m sure I’m not the only mother alive who has fantasized about just chucking it all and walking away, starting a new life in a new town.
Remember that Anne Tyler book (I think it’s Ladder of Years) in which a middle-aged mom actually does it. She just walks into a new town and buys herself ... Views: 955
"Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen
Time was, I had control over the things my kids did and saw each day. But now that they are living and moving in a space outside my living room, I must watch as things that are beyond ... Views: 898
Sometimes it takes something traumatic to make us see that most of the stuff we are so worried about isn't important at all.
My son recently broke the bones in his forearm. Snapped them right in two. I hear shouts, and I look outside to see my son holding his arm up at the elbow, but a few ... Views: 798
Lately I've been feeling sort of crushed under the weight of my own responsibility.
I feel compacted, flattened by my own routine.
Like most moms of school age kids, I am one efficient mama in the mornings. Everything is done with the thought of what I can do while I'm waiting on ... Views: 783