tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post2491005211379685766..comments2023-10-20T07:27:30.939-04:00Comments on clueless but hopeful mama: Workclueless but hopeful mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11011524864788495788noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-31176880051591332642011-10-30T11:39:19.981-04:002011-10-30T11:39:19.981-04:00Another amazing post...thanks again for writing so...Another amazing post...thanks again for writing so intelligently and humourously about all the conflicting emotions involved in motherhood.Joannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-9519677495820544832011-10-28T13:39:54.088-04:002011-10-28T13:39:54.088-04:00Yes, yes, yes. All of it. YES. I... I don't...Yes, yes, yes. All of it. YES. I... I don't even know which path to TAKE, even if I WAS given the opportunity to work outside of our home (I mean, more that the few measly hours that I work teaching childbirth classes...) In fact, I think I hang onto my childbirth teaching job SIMPLY so that I have a "respectable" answer (I cringe to write it that way, but I trust you know what I mean) to the question "What do you do?" And yet, like you, I AM grateful for these days/years spent at home, making this joint, in fact, a HOME. SIGH.Marie Greenhttp://lifeintinytown.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-77157853539888419572011-10-28T10:30:59.506-04:002011-10-28T10:30:59.506-04:00I don't think anyone is better than you at enc...I don't think anyone is better than you at encapsulating what the life of the stay at home parent feels like. I'd say that you should totally write a book, but I think you know that already! And I also think that saying that would imply that these posts aren't as meaningful or important as a book, and I believe that they are. I love the spontaneity of hearing what's on your mind just as it occurs.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141742419364168878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-18604073803149728252011-10-28T08:50:44.989-04:002011-10-28T08:50:44.989-04:00Love the determination of a 2 year old! And I love...Love the determination of a 2 year old! And I love your honesty and this glimpse into your daily life.... I hope you know you are not alone. Off to get me some Oxyclean!twisterfishhttp://twisterfish.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-7885153526866273892011-10-28T03:16:37.522-04:002011-10-28T03:16:37.522-04:00"I swear I would love my family so much more ..."I swear I would love my family so much more if they could just stop producing laundry..."<br /><br />It's funny because it's more than a little bit true. <br /><br />I keep thinking that in all my free time with the kids at school a couple days a week and me not working as I wait the imminent arrival of this new baby that I should really get around to cleaning off the pencil (and crayon and one unfortunate day involving a sharpie) marks off of the den wall. Mostly I haven't done it because it simply isn't at the top of my priority list. But there is a tiny part of me which smiles when I see the marks - thinking of how much mischievous joy it gave my 2 year old to make them.Ginahttp://www.mendolo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-67068793040029363702011-10-27T22:55:02.827-04:002011-10-27T22:55:02.827-04:00There are so many things I want to say and respond...There are so many things I want to say and respond to here. Mostly I just want to run over there and give you a big hug! For admitting it all, for getting through it all, for being human. Life is hard. Damn it when it's hard and you've got so many around you to take care of. :) But it is full of wonder and amazement and love, too, and you captured it all brilliantly. AWESOME!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15098262927056795457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-40284783228996947462011-10-27T22:03:25.557-04:002011-10-27T22:03:25.557-04:00Cortney- THANK YOU for this comment. Come over f...Cortney- THANK YOU for this comment. Come over for tea the next time you're in Virginia!clueless but hopeful mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11011524864788495788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-35508340838474404322011-10-27T20:20:59.838-04:002011-10-27T20:20:59.838-04:00I think I might need to write this down and carry ...I think I might need to write this down and carry it with me:<br /><br />What seems like unreasonableness and general jackassery is how she is learning about the world and her power in it. <br /><br />As always, you inspire me.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208693126891771898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-80407315034310216202011-10-27T18:24:13.425-04:002011-10-27T18:24:13.425-04:00Such a great post!
And just for the record, I'...Such a great post!<br /><br />And just for the record, I'm for the "slow down and do what I'm already doing calmly and well." <br /><br />But maybe that's just because that feels like an impossibility in my life right now.Ann Wysehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09518058157879483801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471353673045800301.post-24036835349763635242011-10-27T16:26:00.824-04:002011-10-27T16:26:00.824-04:00My very favorite thing about reading your blog is ...My very favorite thing about reading your blog is that it is like reading a very well-written version of the voices in my head. Seriously, it is really really crazy how much my life and thoughts mirror yours and we've never even met. I, too, have an independent, trouble/mess/chaos-making (almost) two year old. I, too, have a Montessori-attending young daughter who is freaking me out with her reading skills. I, too, struggle every single day with the drudgery of my every day life while simultaneously conjuring a fierce gratitude for the blessing to be able to be home. I, too, want to nurture something for ME, outside of this life I'm living now. Thank you so much for this blog, I always feel less alone. And wish I knew you in "real life", so we could talk more about these things...Cortneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09266856805009205762noreply@blogger.com