tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post7765027035302670647..comments2023-09-20T08:09:07.111-04:00Comments on Manners for Modern Mothers: Time May Change Me...EBBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985081141514919475noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-26277412487421999362010-10-19T23:36:16.645-04:002010-10-19T23:36:16.645-04:00Carolyn - I missed your comment until now. (I don&...Carolyn - I missed your comment until now. (I don't know how!) You are so right! I did consider that the post is horridly navel-gazing and self-absorbed, the antithesis of the event. <br /><br />For everyone, here is the organization that got me out of the house last week:<br />A Step Up: astepupma.org<br /><br />And here is the organization we learned about: <br />Strong Women, Strong Girls: www.swsg.org<br /><br />Hope to return to the topic in a post, a more out-ward looking, charitably oriented post.EHPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08795389357517479909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-7414287782994203832010-10-17T21:53:41.209-04:002010-10-17T21:53:41.209-04:00I know, I know. I am happy, stereotype or not, so ...I know, I know. I am happy, stereotype or not, so there must be a reason so many of us enjoy tennis/ drive volvos/ wear ballet flats. Maybe I should think about a goldendoodle... kids have been asking for a dog.EHPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08795389357517479909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-65361297197480382592010-10-16T16:47:56.278-04:002010-10-16T16:47:56.278-04:00I have been through a lovely kitchen remodel, have...I have been through a lovely kitchen remodel, have worn ballet flats and while driving my Volvo station wagon with my two children and goldendoodle and with loud (kid's) music on the radio (on the way to a children's activity) considered that I might be a stereotype in motion. Then I laughed at myself and moved on. You are thoughtful, lovely and do have a rich, varied and nuanced life. The other stuff is all frosting.Capabilityhttp://www.capabilitymom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-45831658296910206082010-10-16T07:48:33.173-04:002010-10-16T07:48:33.173-04:00Kate, so true! And there are so many more, "...Kate, so true! And there are so many more, "you haven't lived, if you haven't..." in motherhood. Back when I had a job, I used to say you haven't lived if you haven't taken a conference call from home with a sick toddler by your side!EHPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08795389357517479909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-13975032180658956682010-10-14T21:28:32.319-04:002010-10-14T21:28:32.319-04:00i guess there are certain rites of passage in mode...i guess there are certain rites of passage in modern motherhood! you haven't really lived until you've been through a kitchen remodel and eaten out of a microwave in your basement for 3 months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-80407611415862741662010-10-14T20:11:12.555-04:002010-10-14T20:11:12.555-04:00Oh Capability, its not so much the age, but the be...Oh Capability, its not so much the age, but the becoming a walking stereo-type that bothers me. <br /><br />And.. bone density results, mammograms, colonoscopies ... better, or worse than tales of toilet training? My guess: a toss-up, and also unavoidable. <br /><br />Before we know it we'll all be discussing hip-replacement surgeries.EHPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08795389357517479909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-54877828720262851252010-10-14T16:46:53.614-04:002010-10-14T16:46:53.614-04:00"...but I can't trace time"
Mean..."...but I can't trace time" <br /><br />Meanwhile, every middle school girl I see looks exactly alike to me and let's hope we will not be revisiting those years in our 40s!EBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985081141514919475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-46258593910025795042010-10-14T16:28:16.919-04:002010-10-14T16:28:16.919-04:00I would have loved if you mentioned something els...I would have loved if you mentioned something else from the event - Maybe how wonderfully mannered mothers join together to support an important cause - I can't imagine anything more polite!Carolynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-83171106763491766622010-10-14T16:17:05.122-04:002010-10-14T16:17:05.122-04:00First, if you are forty, you are so young (take it...First, if you are forty, you are so young (take it from someone - ahem - much nearer to the other end of her 40's)! You are a young person at 40. Talk to me when you get closer to 50 and we will compare bone density results or something.Capabilityhttp://www.capabilitymom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2698519433629464876.post-35811646214344882302010-10-14T12:32:31.121-04:002010-10-14T12:32:31.121-04:00Things will change, and it's all good.Things will change, and it's all good.Elizabethnoreply@blogger.com