Musings on Mothers

[ravengrrrl]

Now that the prospects of caring for Josie appear to grow more certain with each passing day ... I've begun noticing parents and children in public. Not that I didn't notice them before but usually it was only when my attention was called to them because of the amount of noise or extremely bad behavior of their children and my focus on the parent

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[soulblueprints]

what do you mean about 'attitudes towards my appearance' in the third paragraph. you never really explained that and i'm wondering what you mean by it. who's attitude about it?

hm. interesting though.

i'm really proud of you for being calm and firm with jared. that makes me happy inside, like maybe i might have even had something to do with it. maybe. but anyway. i'm glad you did what you said you would...that's an important part of consistency that all kids need.

<3

[ravengrrrl]

I meant my attitude towards my appearance.

I did have your little voice in my head last night -- well, you and Super Nanny. Between the two of you I may have picked up a couple of things.

[soulblueprints]

yay for super nanny and i!

so, what about your attitude towards your appearance and josie? that's what i don't get. maybe i'm making too much out of it, but are you just saying that you don't want to look lousy like you have a kid and you can't keep yourself together?

yanno? like crazy moms who wear pjs all day and never get it together?

oh well. i don't get it. maybe i never will.

but you're the hottest stinkiest girl in the world. okay i almost didn't recognize your lj name in my mail before b/c i rarely see it. but then i remembered it was YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.

<3

[ravengrrrl]

That's exactly what I'm saying. I still want to have nice clothes and to look good (most of the time), I don't want 'parent' Dana to so completely overwhelm me that I don't spend any time or effort on 'person' Dana.