Changing Faces of Motherhood

name: Aunty K

date entered: 01/08/2006

country: Australia

story:

Somehow I'm into the second decade of motherhood and it just keeps changing! I'm grateful for good health and good supports to keep up with my children and their interests. It's been a rollercoaster and I have the feeling that the ride is far from over. I have the feeling that I need to keep fit and alert for the task ahead. The first year of mothering was transformational. I felt like I was connecting to a wonderful kind of women's mafia almost, but the flip side was that sudden new vulnerability: every child on the planet could be mine and I FELT that in new and scary ways. For instance: H and I went to see a the film "Trainspotting" and I was undone completely for days after because of the death of the infant by neglect in that flick. Now I'm doing a new step in the squeeze with trying to keep something of my career happening, aged parents, teens and preens (and all their friends!) in my house, working on a marriage that's great but now 20plus year along and trying to pay the bills.......somewhere there's got to be some space for me......... Overall...I think being flexible is a great skill if you have it and a sense of humour........

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