Barbie has been thinking a lot about the negative emotions that can sometimes be associated with the overwhelming expectations of twenty-first century mothering and to be honest it's been getting her down a wee bit.
This week then it was a lovely change to be able to write about the joy. Today she wrote this....
"For me, becoming a mother has been a gift greater than I could ever have imagined.
It has been the source of immense joy and the origin of an unconditional love more intense and profound than I thought I was ever capable of or would ever know.
Watching my two children, so different from each other and us and yet rooted in the same earth grow and mature and thrive has been a huge privilege and a colossal source of pride. Of all that I have achieved, I would regard becoming and being a mother as my life’s work because as one of the participants in the research Marina said; “our children are our masterpieces”.
What aspects of mothering bring you joy?
This week then it was a lovely change to be able to write about the joy. Today she wrote this....
"For me, becoming a mother has been a gift greater than I could ever have imagined.
It has been the source of immense joy and the origin of an unconditional love more intense and profound than I thought I was ever capable of or would ever know.
Watching my two children, so different from each other and us and yet rooted in the same earth grow and mature and thrive has been a huge privilege and a colossal source of pride. Of all that I have achieved, I would regard becoming and being a mother as my life’s work because as one of the participants in the research Marina said; “our children are our masterpieces”.
What aspects of mothering bring you joy?
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