tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post787615507211143490..comments2023-11-02T08:09:02.234-04:00Comments on Her Bad Mother: Love, Fear, MemoryHer Bad Motherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03535958887714152413noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-81162174257359053912007-05-01T23:20:00.000-04:002007-05-01T23:20:00.000-04:00Beautiful blog. You have a gift of expressing your...Beautiful blog. You have a gift of expressing yourself. Thanks for the reminder. You're right, babyhood blinks by. Teenhood on the other hand is like a turtle in peanut butter!Haute Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352803055907107943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-81272159427694867672007-05-01T13:26:00.000-04:002007-05-01T13:26:00.000-04:00what a sweety!that's a huge ice cream!my daughter ...what a sweety!<BR/>that's a huge ice cream!<BR/>my daughter would eat that whole thing.<BR/><BR/>please send me your blog button + for my mother's day blogroll + enter my giveaways :)mod*momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17072518787342325987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-65099323475212057372007-04-30T22:00:00.000-04:002007-04-30T22:00:00.000-04:00oh catherine what a beautiful post.i've remembered...oh catherine what a beautiful post.i've remembered things and forgotten things but i know in those moments i took the time to cherish enjoy contemplate all those feelings.and the moments of fear when i was praying for better and it came makes me appreciate more the good.LAVENDULAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-57147924513081336582007-04-30T06:03:00.000-04:002007-04-30T06:03:00.000-04:00Hey great post!I'd be really interested in intervi...Hey great post!<BR/><BR/>I'd be really interested in interviewing you for my new site BloggerView.<BR/><BR/>If you're keen let me know via email pete@bloggerview.net and I would love to shoot you off some questions.<BR/><BR/>PeteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-54200243741979849802007-04-30T01:43:00.000-04:002007-04-30T01:43:00.000-04:00A lovely post...and good advice. I have to admit,...A lovely post...and good advice. I have to admit, though, that there are times when I think, "Whew! Can't wait to forget THIS moment!"Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10878861630868233689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-67887163476160136322007-04-29T22:43:00.000-04:002007-04-29T22:43:00.000-04:00Look at those eyes! This is one reason I blog - to...Look at those eyes! This is one reason I blog - to create a little diary of everything. Thanks for the very important reminder. This week - the baby book gets started (6 months late, albeit.)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13376608415285411545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-47741959636716289982007-04-29T21:35:00.000-04:002007-04-29T21:35:00.000-04:00I love reading about loving mommies and memories.I love reading about loving mommies and memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-29477630165337513652007-04-29T15:22:00.000-04:002007-04-29T15:22:00.000-04:00Thanks for the reminder. It came at the right tim...Thanks for the reminder. It came at the right time...I needed that.Jennifer https://www.blogger.com/profile/08191366421121919596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-49145947195115245142007-04-29T12:36:00.000-04:002007-04-29T12:36:00.000-04:00Fantastic post !!! You said it in words,what every...Fantastic post !!! You said it in words,what every mother goes through,but does not know its happening.I feel like reading it all over again.I have a 13 month old daughter and I hope I can recall all the memories when I want:-)<BR/><BR/>MDMMiss D Mom(MDM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02883944377136015022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-46632093062513005602007-04-29T00:52:00.000-04:002007-04-29T00:52:00.000-04:00Must go sniff now...please tell me that we will re...Must go sniff now...please tell me that we will remember more as time passes?<BR/><BR/>Altogether unrelated...shopping cart is not a bad thing...really. I can understand your concern, but I promise pretend food and a place to put it is tame...you just wait.Jeniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13100043209000589029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-61087114900617842992007-04-29T00:49:00.000-04:002007-04-29T00:49:00.000-04:00damn it you made me all teary-like.. i have to go ...damn it you made me all teary-like.. i have to go snuggle my boy now.. youve made me teary and insane.. he cried all day and now I have to hold him again even though he's quiet.. <BR/><BR/>everyone makes fun of me for how much I sniff his head..Erin Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689090055350850549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-86837018267313900282007-04-28T23:21:00.000-04:002007-04-28T23:21:00.000-04:00Thank you for this.When you're in the moment it ca...Thank you for this.<BR/><BR/>When you're in the moment it can be really easy to focus on what's going wrong. Much better to remember what's going right.Run ANChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088821030860597465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-3690077426697007342007-04-28T22:02:00.000-04:002007-04-28T22:02:00.000-04:00It is a bit astonishing how much I've forgotten, e...It is a bit astonishing how much I've forgotten, even though I know I said, 'remember this, remember this' over and over again. Even now, my oldest will turn her face to me and I'll think, 'who is this girl? where did my baby go?' Even my last 'baby' is now 2 1/2 and has the walk of a little boy. No babies anymore. Sigh.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for a beautiful post and a gorgeous photo.Fairly Odd Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11974404093257620566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-87002170703714299242007-04-28T20:38:00.000-04:002007-04-28T20:38:00.000-04:00A beautiful post and so absolutely true. When you ...A beautiful post and so absolutely true. When you are a new mom trying to learn your new job at an accelerated speed, it is so easy to not stop and really take it all in. I think that I did not learn this until Isa was at least 4 months old, and like you say, you do forget. <BR/><BR/>Now I stop and really take in everything that she is doing and saying. They are just incredible little people.Karla Zamora, Digital Analysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505957478431304863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-20238345403117373972007-04-28T14:46:00.000-04:002007-04-28T14:46:00.000-04:00That's a great reminder.I did the same at the time...That's a great reminder.<BR/><BR/>I did the same at the time -- trying to remember to appreciate each moment for what it was -- but I failed miserably most of the time.<BR/><BR/>I regret that I didn't discover blogging until my youngest was 2. A friend had told me when I was pregnant the first time, "... and when it all gets too difficult, just write it all down..." How I wish I had taken that advice. You have a great record of Wonder Baby's beginning.<BR/><BR/>I have a photo album at least though! ;)the mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11536278508991059301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-90036454732051799482007-04-28T09:47:00.000-04:002007-04-28T09:47:00.000-04:00So beautiful.So beautiful.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459462647391788643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-43450987050699979632007-04-28T08:23:00.000-04:002007-04-28T08:23:00.000-04:00That was beautiful! I had similar advice, and thou...That was beautiful! I had similar advice, and though I didn't always cherish the memories I tried to appreciate all of it as best I could.<BR/>And, all of it, the good and the bad and the scary, it's made me a better person.Laural Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08459584652802529868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-30706515233736325792007-04-28T06:50:00.000-04:002007-04-28T06:50:00.000-04:00I received very similar advice, and am so glad I d...I received very similar advice, and am so glad I did!! I loved having the words in my head reminding me not to get so caught up in all the little things that needed to get done, or my sleep deprivation, or the many other distractions, and miss out on what was happening with my girls right in front of me. Thanks for the beautiful words and reminder again!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-15503574179457047582007-04-28T01:31:00.000-04:002007-04-28T01:31:00.000-04:00That's right.. the pause. Children the drink that...That's right.. the pause. Children the drink that refreshes..<BR/><BR/>I work with a lot of bossy women who have had kids.. they pounded this into me. I am so grateful to them for it.mo-wohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10934156423936866994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-28961526955390538132007-04-28T00:14:00.000-04:002007-04-28T00:14:00.000-04:00You've just made me want to wake up my kids and hu...You've just made me want to wake up my kids and hug them, kiss them, and tell them how much I love them... that was a really inspirational post for me, especially since I've been having a hard time with my son and been silently cursing (with no lack of guilt) my daughter for not sleeping through the night yet. You've made me think about these things in a different way...<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the sappy comment, but thank you for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-2696418146957337182007-04-27T23:37:00.000-04:002007-04-27T23:37:00.000-04:00*snorf* loud blowing into a tissue.bigirl turns te...*snorf* loud blowing into a tissue.<BR/><BR/>bigirl turns ten this summer.<BR/><BR/>Ten.<BR/><BR/>I really have no words about trying to hold onto the little.<BR/><BR/>(but this morning...this morning she came to me and asked for a cuddle, in bed. And she curled around me, head in my shoulder my nose in her hair and I kissed her forehead.)<BR/><BR/>she is still little and way way deep inside I remember every moment.crazymummahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04663148723513574331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-60489413768469239112007-04-27T23:09:00.000-04:002007-04-27T23:09:00.000-04:00Beautiful, beautiful!I'd like to link this to one ...Beautiful, beautiful!<BR/><BR/>I'd like to link this to one of my posts on fear. I hope you (and the moms for whom this baby shower is for won't mind)Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07112924346592375925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-48672440133814605692007-04-27T22:05:00.000-04:002007-04-27T22:05:00.000-04:00Lovely, as always.And that photo is breathtaking. ...Lovely, as always.<BR/><BR/>And that photo is breathtaking. I want to hold that sweet, perfect baby.Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-70629304986439342362007-04-27T21:08:00.000-04:002007-04-27T21:08:00.000-04:00I love how you combined the two themes to make one...I love how you combined the two themes to make one lovely post about the details that eventually become fuzzy. <BR/><BR/>There are those moments I try to grab, try to sear the expressions of my children into my brain in those instants, or their words, or their touches, and it works for a while until something else comes along to take its place.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17350861069153040567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558474.post-56016718009939765752007-04-27T21:07:00.000-04:002007-04-27T21:07:00.000-04:00beautifully said, as always.beautifully said, as always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com