Sunday, April 7, 2013

being a mother

I've been thinking about motherhood and struggles which accompany with that title..
That one pretty much sums it up:

I didn't expect to come face to face with my selfishness, my laziness and my lack of patience so brutally or abruptly. I didn't expect that my self confidence would wither or that I would battle so much just getting through the day.
I didn't realise I would get so much pleasure from hearing my daughter laugh. I had no idea that I would find building towers strangely therapeutic. 

I thought I could just go on being me. Me with a baby. Turned out, I had to be stripped back and rebuilt from the bottom up. 

via this blog


Tuesday, April 2, 2013

caress


Anyone who ever held a stone made smooth by the waves of the ocean,
knows
what a miraculous power a continuous caress holds.


Tommy Taberman