I'm so happy that you and B have this time with your friends (and a whole culture!) who share your SW passion, and that you have the support of your family to care for Mina -- and I bet your family LOVES this time with her.
I also love how you (dancer) are sharing your steps regarding being a mom (lactation and other challenges) near and from afar, in this venue and personally with other moms. And B is also awesome, writing about being a dad. Most of all, I admire how you both write about maintaining your interests and how that dovetails with your life with your daughter.
I really wish that my parents had some sort of outlet like this when they had me. I think in a way they did -- my mother and her sisters-in-law were quite the letter-writers, and I've read some of my mother's letters that some of my cousins saved after their own fathers or mothers passed on. Basically, it was all questions and validation and gentle advice among members the tribe who lived far apart.
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Date: 2012-08-25 06:35 am (UTC)I also love how you (dancer) are sharing your steps regarding being a mom (lactation and other challenges) near and from afar, in this venue and personally with other moms. And B is also awesome, writing about being a dad. Most of all, I admire how you both write about maintaining your interests and how that dovetails with your life with your daughter.
I really wish that my parents had some sort of outlet like this when they had me. I think in a way they did -- my mother and her sisters-in-law were quite the letter-writers, and I've read some of my mother's letters that some of my cousins saved after their own fathers or mothers passed on. Basically, it was all questions and validation and gentle advice among members the tribe who lived far apart.