Comments on: WishMamas: On Creative Work and Motherhood http://studiomothers.com/2009/07/10/wishmamas-on-creative-work-and-motherhood/ Helping mothers meet their creative goals Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:28:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Sarah http://studiomothers.com/2009/07/10/wishmamas-on-creative-work-and-motherhood/#comment-3538 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:31:06 +0000 http://creativeconstruction.wordpress.com/?p=3142#comment-3538 Sometimes I see artist friends (without kidlets) admire me. They see it as a huge responsibilty and their imagination just about scrape the surface of what’s involved and they know really it’s about being selfless…
Then for a moment, I’m admiring the many hours they have available and the freeness of their lives.
However… I’m proud I’m juggling and barely managing. Each child has their own dynamics in the household, combined with the daily life challenges makes for an amazing chapter at this point of my life. I wonder if I’m accomplishing more due to the children…I think I’ve just become more brave somehow.
They make me laugh and yet other days wonder why I have a role as referree. I know the day really doesn’t belong to me alone. (..for now.)
This might sound odd, but have you ever visit an elderly care facility? These people had lives that were once too filled with their young children. We have the best moments right now, we are free to do as we wish and being very fulfilling too.
O.K My real issue …Sometimes I need someone to come up with “SuperHuman Energy” suppliment.

]]> By: Cathy http://studiomothers.com/2009/07/10/wishmamas-on-creative-work-and-motherhood/#comment-3537 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:37:30 +0000 http://creativeconstruction.wordpress.com/?p=3142#comment-3537 ‘Now my creative work and my mothering are intertwined like a double helix.’

spot on. also

‘I have so much less solitude and silence, and that has chafed at times’

now, with the boys out of town for a month, i have a lot more quiet, but i am floating in the ether rather than really creating anything productive. granted, c is still all toddler all over me all day, but, i don’t know. i miss them, i miss the challenge of writing with all the noise of boys fighting real and pretend battles, all the ‘mom-mom-moms, all the catch as catch can moments when something they are doing lights me up with inspiration.

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