Posts Tagged ‘Mom’
becoming me
23Feb12
Even though my kids are older now and the demands of motherhood are different than they used to be, I still spend a great deal of my time being “mom.” I’ve been a mom now for 17 years. And, partly because I was an at-home parent, it’s how I’ve been defined for a long time. […]
Filed under: Starting Over | 2 Comments
Tags: Changes, Defining Myself, Me, Middle-Aged, Mom, Mother, Motherhood, Parent, stage of life, Starting Over
unconquerable
22Feb12
It would have been my mom’s birthday this week. She passed away over a decade ago, but I still think about her. Certain things remind me of her. Poems are one. She used to love reciting them and getting us to memorize them. Of all of them, this one affects me the most. I still […]
Filed under: Courage, My Mom | 2 Comments
Tags: Challenge, Destiny, Invictus, Mom, Poetry, Unconquerable, William Ernest Henley
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