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Teeter Totter ~ Finding a Balance Between Me-Hood and Motherhood
Gender: female Date of Birth: January 01, 1973 Member Since: September 11, 2007 Last Signed In: March 19, 2010 Blog Views: 16588 Send To A Friend Sign Guestbook Add as a Friend
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Things I’ve learned…
This popped into my head today, so I thought I’d share. Things I’ve learned from my son: -To love my body. After all, it made him! What a miracle. -To savor each day and the gifts it holds. The beauty of a flower, or the sound of a song. -Patience. Something I was lacking before, and have improved upon greatly! -Advocacy. I am a fighting mother bear! -Enjoy time alone with my man (something that would have been the norm otherwise!) -How to eat healthier and take better care of myself (and all of us). I want to be around a long time! -The importance of a good bra. After nursing, we all need at least one! -That I’m beautiful (I must be, because people say he looks like me and I think he’s pretty handsome!) -The best things in life ARE free! (Like hugs, kisses, and quality time) -An enjoyment of nature. I never cared for it much before, but his love of it has rubbed off on me. -That I’m a pretty good teacher. Something I never would have realized without him -The pleasure of giving is greater than receiving (definitely not my philosophy pre-child). -Unconditional love (though my husband helped with this one as well) -Video game skills. I’m actually pretty good at them! -To enjoy the morning. (I was a night-owl pre-child.) -Breakfast is the most important meal of the day (absolutely for him. I still work on this one for me!) -Coffee is the best drink on earth (I bet a lot of moms would agree with me on this one) -The human body can hold an amazing amount of vomit (learned this one early on) -Tobacco is a nightshade plant. Potatoes, tomatoes and peppers all also have nicotine in them (I recently learned this from a science report he did. Never knew that!) -Gently chewing on other people is fun (don’t ask). -If you feel like singing, sing! If you feel like dancing, dance! If it’s in public, who cares! -There’s nothing to fear, but fear itself. If you can have a baby, you can do anything! -Shots aren’t a big deal -How to cut nails really well (and fast!) -How to become organized and efficient -How to get ready in 5min and look good -That I like dogs much more than I ever thought I did. -More about Neurology than the average neurologist. That’s all I can think of right now. I’m sure the list would be endless if you gave me enough time! 6 comments from 5 users
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posted by
MiaMama
on Apr 1, 2008 at 11:34 AM
That's a beautiful list! I can relate with much of it. Oh yeah, I LOVE my coffee/espresso (latte, white mocha or just good 'ol fashioned coffee)! I've never had my breast sneezed on and spit up on ever this much in my life :)Any doubts I had about my beauty were washed away when my daughter was born, because she really does look a lot like me and I think she is so beautiful. posted by
creatress
on Apr 1, 2008 at 12:41 PM
I'm glad you liked it! Ooooo yeah. Love that coffee, mocha, latte, I'm not picky.And yes, it's amazing what a tool your breasts are. when my son was a baby, they were also great hand-heaters. I'd pop his little hand right under there. Voila! Nature is amazing with what it thinks of. posted by
Famfour916
on Apr 1, 2008 at 01:06 PM
Absolutely heart warming!!! God is good and our kids are such a blessing. I mean I'm sure this is the farthest thing from our minds when they are fighting with each other, throwing a fit for something or doing that vomit thing when they are sick. I too can relate to coffee being one of the greatest drinks. I myself like a quad shot skinny latte from Starbucks (hail to Starbucks). The Lord knows I need this jump-start just to get through job number one. The comment about cutting nails and fast is so true. I actually have moved into cutting hair and being fast with great results. And to think I've never taken a day of cosmetology school. Yikes!
posted by
hmoeckli
on Apr 1, 2008 at 06:19 PM
Here, here to the coffee! Love it.Also, I've loved that I have learned to sing in public (badly of course) since I had my daughter. I was so embarrased about my voice before, but now I don't give a hoot! Take your pick: whiny child or really bad rendition of "Twinkle, twinkle little star?" posted by
MamaSeaShell
on Apr 1, 2008 at 11:10 PM
I get asked alot ..."How do you do it?" (raising four boys). Was it patience, lists, jose cuervo? I realized...As I packed my kitchen cubbards to move from our old apartment ....it was the hundreds of stored empty coffee cans at the top of my shelves!!! Loved your list!
posted by
creatress
on Apr 2, 2008 at 08:36 AM
Let's hear it for coffee!!! I'm glad you all liked the list and related.:)
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