motherhood
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Caregiver burnout
This is a subject near and dear to me. As I have watched my mom take care of my grandparents over the past five or so years at the same time that I have become a mother of three. I think almost all parents, rightly so, feel so much responsibility to their children. It’s interesting…
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Transitions
I’ve often heard how parents are shocked, amused, or horrified when they get a glimpse of themselves in their child’s behavior. It goes the other way too..as adults, children sometimes, despite their best efforts, find themselves acting just like their parents. My husband and I like to joke that when my son is being difficult,…
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A Truth Hard Learned
I’ve been coming back to a thought a lot lately so much so that I felt compelled to write about it. Maybe it’s obvious to most people, but the reality is, no one will “take care of you,” you have to take care of yourself. I guess this applies to regularly functioning adults, more so…