tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post2560543536408449928..comments2024-03-14T13:08:14.915-04:00Comments on So, the thing is...blog: This Motherhood GigBarb Matijevichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16469997012394334517noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-86298553821235426262009-06-21T08:02:56.140-04:002009-06-21T08:02:56.140-04:00I sympathize. Here in Cold Scream Harbor, we are ...I sympathize. Here in Cold Scream Harbor, we are deep in the teen years. Tho it's a cliche to compare one's teen to an alien abduction story, that pretty much sums up how it feels. Somehow, overnight, our girl went from a science-loving, math-happy, cheerful student to the kind of girl who is distant and bored by everything.Sherry Sea from Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359260351695608564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-12679645779630860742009-06-20T13:22:49.978-04:002009-06-20T13:22:49.978-04:00Hurricane. She cracks me up. And looks great.
Oh...Hurricane. She cracks me up. And looks great. <br /><br />Ohh, Ana. Poor sweet Ana. That's a horrible lesson to learn, and most of us grownups are still learning it. And boys are just so dumb sometimes. Bleh.DKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03991258852727823113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-29127748034534512972009-06-19T01:02:29.951-04:002009-06-19T01:02:29.951-04:00No kidding...what is it with kids these days--grow...No kidding...what is it with kids these days--growing up, becoming their own person, getting lives...didn't they get the memo that they were supposed to be MINE forever?<br /><br />*sigh* Your girls are just lovely.Mama Avahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582791527980958931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-75679559002014093532009-06-18T17:58:05.835-04:002009-06-18T17:58:05.835-04:00Oh, Ana. Oh, dear sweet girl. And, you, Barb, get ...Oh, Ana. Oh, dear sweet girl. And, you, Barb, get my motherhood badge of honor for handling this with grace. We just can't spare them.<br /><br />But summer vacation is on the way and I hope Ana will spend it building self-esteem and moxie that's completely unrelated to fifth- or sixth-grade boys. Please let it be so. <br /><br />Dang but Jane looks cute and sassy. Once again I'll say she'd fit right in with my girls. Anytime.Mirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924043596033516959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-184255218894365062009-06-18T17:26:38.800-04:002009-06-18T17:26:38.800-04:00The reason nobody tells you how tough it is going ...The reason nobody tells you how tough it is going to be? Because nobody would do it! Well, maybe we would, but it's really better not to know about all the heartaches.<br /><br />I was rushing through blogs and forgot to tell you that I LOVED your fragments. You go right ahead and fragment any old day you want, sister!<br /><br />And singing washing machines rock.Mary Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416798580398814009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-38923411758835560342009-06-17T18:14:11.616-04:002009-06-17T18:14:11.616-04:00Oh, honey, it's WORSE the second time round. W...Oh, honey, it's WORSE the second time round. Way worse. <br /><br />But damn that haircut is cute.MadMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550335108031470562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-7370270432529325462009-06-17T16:26:05.027-04:002009-06-17T16:26:05.027-04:00A wise friend of mine once said, "The problem...A wise friend of mine once said, "The problem is, our children do not want to benefit from what we've learned. They've got to learn it all themselves."Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-63209829557674652062009-06-17T13:07:52.709-04:002009-06-17T13:07:52.709-04:00Oh I agree!!! Nobody said I'd be this tired o...Oh I agree!!! Nobody said I'd be this tired or this anxious or this worried. Well maybe they did but nobody could tell you the intensity it would be. I guess it's one of those life lessons we learn AFTER we become a mother ourselves. and why we either love our moms that much more because they did so much or we pull further away from them because we realize how much they didn't do.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660761635166286074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-68625650929231157712009-06-17T13:04:32.240-04:002009-06-17T13:04:32.240-04:00crap, I mixed up their names...thats the way my da...crap, I mixed up their names...thats the way my day is going today.<br /><br />hug for me?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707312160893238672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-17390200425279125302009-06-17T13:03:39.851-04:002009-06-17T13:03:39.851-04:00Oh I am so worried about the first time my boy'...Oh I am so worried about the first time my boy's heart gets broken or even bruised. As you can tell from my blog photos, i am a momma bear for sure.<br /><br />hug for you and one for Jane.<br /><br />(and Ana's hair is adorable)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707312160893238672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908127.post-14737109344447160832009-06-17T12:39:50.204-04:002009-06-17T12:39:50.204-04:00"This motherhood gig--why is it that no one t..."This motherhood gig--why is it that no one tells you how much more painful it's going to be to go through these life lessons the second time around?" <br /><br />Oh, I can so relate. My oldest is having best friend troubles - the little girl who lives next door, who she has been palling around with for ages, is suddenly excluding her - more interested in her gymnastics friends - and Sarah is heartbroken to be left out in the cold. I'M heartbroken for her. There's nothing I can really say to make it better either. She sees the other little girls playing in the backyard next door, and when she talks to them over the fence they tell her she can't play with them because they are talking about important gymnastics things she wouldn't understand. It makes me want to give the other girls a good spanking.<br /><br />I try to help her find other friends to play with, other things to do, but I can't make it not be what it is - this friend she loves is apparently through with her, and it's a very real hurt. <br /><br />I saw the other girl's mother (who is actually a very good friend) at a party last night and I had to really fight with myself just to be civil to her, which I know is a childish reaction. It's just that my daughter is the best, sweetest, smartest, tenderest kid in the world (she said without bias) and my mama bear heart is outraged and hurt on her behalf.TheOneTrueSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18152442732262673983noreply@blogger.com