Comments on: motherhood http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/11/29/motherhood/ the writing life with extra crunchy bits Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:50:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gearhead mama http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/11/29/motherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-2091 gearhead mama Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:41:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=426#comment-2091 Another mother who has had to mother herself. This was a beautiful post, and captures the pain and want and fear so poignantly.<br/><br/>I just hope to do better for my daughter. I must. There is no alternative. But I have my down days and bad moments (lots of them lately). Still, I will do better. I know it in my heart. Already I see a strength and confidence in my daughter that I have never known. She knows who she is, and she knows she's okay. Now I just have to nurture and protect that. Another mother who has had to mother herself. This was a beautiful post, and captures the pain and want and fear so poignantly.

I just hope to do better for my daughter. I must. There is no alternative. But I have my down days and bad moments (lots of them lately). Still, I will do better. I know it in my heart. Already I see a strength and confidence in my daughter that I have never known. She knows who she is, and she knows she’s okay. Now I just have to nurture and protect that.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/11/29/motherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-2088 Anonymous Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:44:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=426#comment-2088 You really captured it so well. That poignant and beautiful need of you that your children have and battling the desire to run the hell way some days when it overwhelms. Love it! You really captured it so well. That poignant and beautiful need of you that your children have and battling the desire to run the hell way some days when it overwhelms. Love it!

]]> By: Karen Rani http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/11/29/motherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-2080 Karen Rani Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:00:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=426#comment-2080 Thank you for posting about the site....and they do know...trust me. I'm Jane on the site. Thank you for posting about the site….and they do know…trust me. I’m Jane on the site.

]]> By: n.b. http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/11/29/motherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-2079 n.b. Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:36:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=426#comment-2079 Beautiful post. You are not alone in this quandary, as I imagine you know. But you articulated it so wonderfully. Thank you! Beautiful post. You are not alone in this quandary, as I imagine you know. But you articulated it so wonderfully. Thank you!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/11/29/motherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-2077 Anonymous Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:18:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=426#comment-2077 Thank you. Thank you.

]]> By: Mighty Momogus http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/11/29/motherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 Mighty Momogus Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:24:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=426#comment-2076 Whoa - I don't even know where to start with this one! First of all, thank you for posting the link. My mom died suddenly in August, and though we had a loving relationship and she was at peace with dying, it still sucks so bad it's not funny.<br/><br/>I'm still sorting through a million emotions about it - about me, the rest of my newly-reorganized family, my son. <br/><br/>But if I'm okay about it at all (and I am for the most part), it's because my mom always urged us to be independent and live our own lives. She prepared us for this moment by loving life, so that we could appreciate every aspect of it, even the end of it. Whoa – I don’t even know where to start with this one! First of all, thank you for posting the link. My mom died suddenly in August, and though we had a loving relationship and she was at peace with dying, it still sucks so bad it’s not funny.

I’m still sorting through a million emotions about it – about me, the rest of my newly-reorganized family, my son.

But if I’m okay about it at all (and I am for the most part), it’s because my mom always urged us to be independent and live our own lives. She prepared us for this moment by loving life, so that we could appreciate every aspect of it, even the end of it.

]]> By: Girl con Queso http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/11/29/motherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-2074 Girl con Queso Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:03:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=426#comment-2074 What an incredibly fantastic post. What an incredibly fantastic post.

]]> By: Stomper Girl http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/11/29/motherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-2073 Stomper Girl Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:50:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=426#comment-2073 Great post. Speaking straight to my heart there. Great post. Speaking straight to my heart there.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/11/29/motherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-2071 Anonymous Thu, 30 Nov 2006 03:54:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=426#comment-2071 Don't you think that becoming a mother is the most life changing, attitude adjusting thing that ever happens to us? Don’t you think that becoming a mother is the most life changing, attitude adjusting thing that ever happens to us?

]]> By: tammara http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/2006/11/29/motherhood/comment-page-1/#comment-2070 tammara Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:57:00 +0000 http://www.francescaamendolia.com/blog/?p=426#comment-2070 They know. Trust me. They know. They know. Trust me. They know.

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