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I've seen this here and there, and figured that I've read a lot about all of the wonderful and amazing people I get to interact with on these here internets without opening up much myself. So! Here's a tiny crack to peer through.
( Naval-gazing, under the cut. )
( Naval-gazing, under the cut. )
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I've asked myself this, too; my mom was 26 when she had me, and she was 36 when she had the last of my four younger siblings. Somehow, though, through it all, she's retained her career as a working full-time pharmacist. It blows my mind that she managed to have 5 kids, spaced roughly two years apart except for the last two at four years apart, and still maintain a successful career. When she and my dad divorced, I was 25. She never needed him for support, really, and she doesn't need anyone now that she's on her own. Mom and I spent most of my life not getting on, but I think we've each found new respect for each other.
Thanks for these glimpses :)
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Mothers are amazing, and mothers with careers are my heroes. I think we're often too close to them to really appreciate it. I know I've only really recently started to appreciate my own, and we've had a really good relationship for the most part. And you know, I just was rereading, and saying my mother choose her children over her career isn't totally accurate. I think I was feeling that way a bit because of some recent conversations we had, but she had a private marriage and family therapy practice for years, and then totally switched careers to become a special education teacher. In Texas! (There are more thankless jobs out there, but.......oh man, that's on the list of thankless jobs, at any rate.) So. Not fair of me. I guess, no matter what happens in my life, I worry about being nearly 60 and thinking that I haven't lived up to my dreams. I think my life philosophy precludes that, but who knows.
Ok, and that's another little essay for you! Sorry for all of the rambling. ;)
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