Comments on: The words we know http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/09/29/the-words-we-know/ writing, mothering, writing about mothering Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:17:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: jackie http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/09/29/the-words-we-know/#comment-11663 jackie Fri, 01 Oct 2004 01:09:49 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1241#comment-11663 our babysitter says "fragile," as in "Sophie was having a really fragile day yesterday." i love it, because it says how much they are to be handled gently, which is something i need to constantly remind myself-- they are not trying to drive me nuts, they are just to be treated with care today. our babysitter says “fragile,” as in “Sophie was having a really fragile day yesterday.”

i love it, because it says how much they are to be handled gently, which is something i need to constantly remind myself– they are not trying to drive me nuts, they are just to be treated with care today.

]]> By: Heather http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/09/29/the-words-we-know/#comment-11662 Heather Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:54:06 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1241#comment-11662 Ditto - it was a beautiful entry. My mother too used the word puny, but funny I never have. I always liked the overstated "stricken" better. Your entry made me think about very young child psychology - how we are imprinted by our baby frustrations met with gentle support from a PARENT who is right there to hold us and hug us for no life-threatening reason but just to be there.. keep up that mommy bonding! However, I do disagree with you! Parenting is not servitude for only 2 more years, I can tell you are a mother of children still quite young - how we LIE to ourselves that once our kid gets to ____ years old, it will be so much easier. Parenting evolves, but never gets easier. -H Ditto - it was a beautiful entry. My mother too used the word puny, but funny I never have. I always liked the overstated “stricken” better. Your entry made me think about very young child psychology - how we are imprinted by our baby frustrations met with gentle support from a PARENT who is right there to hold us and hug us for no life-threatening reason but just to be there.. keep up that mommy bonding! However, I do disagree with you! Parenting is not servitude for only 2 more years, I can tell you are a mother of children still quite young - how we LIE to ourselves that once our kid gets to ____ years old, it will be so much easier. Parenting evolves, but never gets easier. -H

]]> By: eli http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/09/29/the-words-we-know/#comment-11661 eli Thu, 30 Sep 2004 05:41:43 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1241#comment-11661 Gads I am going to sound creepy - by always saying, beautiful entry -lol! BUT it was! This will be so lovely for her to read someday! Regarding making up - or using words in different ways, my husband does that TOO! I loved it before I married him, and truthfully - now, it drives me nuts :-) But I am learning to fall in love with certain aspects of him again... Gads I am going to sound creepy - by always saying, beautiful entry -lol! BUT it was!
This will be so lovely for her to read someday!

Regarding making up - or using words in different ways, my husband does that TOO! I loved it before I married him, and truthfully - now, it drives me nuts :-) But I am learning to fall in love with certain aspects of him again…

]]> By: Sue http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/09/29/the-words-we-know/#comment-11660 Sue Thu, 30 Sep 2004 04:36:24 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1241#comment-11660 That's the stuff that has convinced me I am not cut out to be a SAHM. I get too impatient. And I am embarrassed to admit that because I love my kid but her energy level combined with her need to be protected from herself is absolutely draining to me. Preschool is saving both our butts. For half a day someone is all about her and I can be all about me. That gives me only slightly less than enough energy (as opposed to none) to keep up with her for the rest of the day! It will be hard when I go back to work though. We'll go from too much to too little contact too fast. Sigh. That’s the stuff that has convinced me I am not cut out to be a SAHM. I get too impatient. And I am embarrassed to admit that because I love my kid but her energy level combined with her need to be protected from herself is absolutely draining to me. Preschool is saving both our butts. For half a day someone is all about her and I can be all about me. That gives me only slightly less than enough energy (as opposed to none) to keep up with her for the rest of the day! It will be hard when I go back to work though. We’ll go from too much to too little contact too fast. Sigh.

]]> By: shortnorthmama http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2004/09/29/the-words-we-know/#comment-11659 shortnorthmama Thu, 30 Sep 2004 04:17:26 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1241#comment-11659 We had one of those evenings over at our house tonight. Maia was crying and clingy, with intermittent attempts to reach beyond the limitations imposed by her her too-small toddler size and hand eye coordination. The punies describes it to a T. That description is beautiful, by the way. We had one of those evenings over at our house tonight. Maia was crying and clingy, with intermittent attempts to reach beyond the limitations imposed by her her too-small toddler size and hand eye coordination.

The punies describes it to a T.

That description is beautiful, by the way.

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