Thursday, March 22, 2012
Should I just SCREAM or move to France - I cannot decide.
This week I have been glued to my latest read, Bringing Up Bebe. It has been a fantastic read. If you are not aware of the book, definitely check out the amazon summary and reviews. In short, American journalist ends up living in France with husband, gets knocked up, births a baby girl and begans to obsess and observe. Her findings are so interesting, she writes said book.
Without spoiling your reading experience, I will only share that I am so relieved that there is someone else that thinks that America mothers live life under such an immense amount of pressure. Pressure to breastfeed, pressure to breathe every single moment of their existance for their wee little one, pressure to be too damn perfect.
I knew I could not have imagined that. Author finds the same to be true in her comparison to the French mother who is proud to send her tiny tot off to the government run child care center, proud to have a coffee a time or two during her pregnancy, proud to say "my child took formula". Now, I am not saying that the French have it all right when it comes to raising their children or that I would actually move to France, however, what I wouldn't give to live in a place where everyone didn't have such an opinion about how I choose to raise my child.
Mommy friends out there - read the book and don't be afraid to be un-perfect.
Without spoiling your reading experience, I will only share that I am so relieved that there is someone else that thinks that America mothers live life under such an immense amount of pressure. Pressure to breastfeed, pressure to breathe every single moment of their existance for their wee little one, pressure to be too damn perfect.
I knew I could not have imagined that. Author finds the same to be true in her comparison to the French mother who is proud to send her tiny tot off to the government run child care center, proud to have a coffee a time or two during her pregnancy, proud to say "my child took formula". Now, I am not saying that the French have it all right when it comes to raising their children or that I would actually move to France, however, what I wouldn't give to live in a place where everyone didn't have such an opinion about how I choose to raise my child.
Mommy friends out there - read the book and don't be afraid to be un-perfect.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
What I would have shared on FB this past week.
Picasso
A great article about fighting the good fight against Superweeds.
Just ordered Bringing up Bebe from Amazon- can't wait to read it.
The birds are back! We plan on putting out some awesome bird feeders tonight for our feathered friends. We made various forms of peanut butter pinecones for the birds over winter, they worked out marvelously. This time I will plan on adding some dried fruits I have sitting in my pantry. Just watched this funny birding movie, 2 thumbs up! Definitely check it out!
Thursday, March 01, 2012
All good things are wild and free. You may have heard that I gave up Facebook for Lent. Yes, I have gone totally roque. It has been a productive but a somewhat boring week or so. So far, what I miss the most is the quick ease in sharing great things with the world. Below you will see a few pictures of my wild little one. So hard to believe my little one is TWO!
I mentioned that in addition to the "giving up" of something, I also wanted to use my time to be more creative and productive at home. So far, I have enjoyed some quiet nights of reading and reflection. It has been great. I picked up this title from Amazon and while I started it about 5 days late into the season, so far I am pleased. It has some great meditations and practices for the Lenten season that focus on simplicity of life and humility. So far so good. I have been letting go of many items in order to become more "free" this season. Today I cleaned out my junkiest desk drawer and tonight I will be cleaning a dirty corner. It is a fairly easy process to let go of those things that are really of no great importance to me any longer. It is, however, proving difficult to let go of those things in my mind and heart that are of no great importance. I guess that will be my ultimate challenge.
How do you let go?
I mentioned that in addition to the "giving up" of something, I also wanted to use my time to be more creative and productive at home. So far, I have enjoyed some quiet nights of reading and reflection. It has been great. I picked up this title from Amazon and while I started it about 5 days late into the season, so far I am pleased. It has some great meditations and practices for the Lenten season that focus on simplicity of life and humility. So far so good. I have been letting go of many items in order to become more "free" this season. Today I cleaned out my junkiest desk drawer and tonight I will be cleaning a dirty corner. It is a fairly easy process to let go of those things that are really of no great importance to me any longer. It is, however, proving difficult to let go of those things in my mind and heart that are of no great importance. I guess that will be my ultimate challenge.
How do you let go?
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