Comments on: One foot, alone http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/09/one-foot-alone/ Parenting, privilege, and rethinking the norm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: A “beautiful blogger” and a me meme « Raising My Boychick http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/09/one-foot-alone/#comment-57230 A “beautiful blogger” and a me meme « Raising My Boychick Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:36:53 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=742#comment-57230 [...] One foot, alone [...] [...] One foot, alone [...]

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]]> By: Lauren @ Hobo Mama http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/09/one-foot-alone/#comment-2222 Lauren @ Hobo Mama Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:48:36 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=742#comment-2222 Well, I've just been writing a blog post on balance (or lack thereof) — <a>"Balance and how you can't do it all, at least not all at once"</a> — and I remembered you'd written something pithy about the topic. Glad I was to find it again, and quote from here. Thanks! Well, I’ve just been writing a blog post on balance (or lack thereof) — “Balance and how you can’t do it all, at least not all at once” — and I remembered you’d written something pithy about the topic. Glad I was to find it again, and quote from here. Thanks!

]]> By: FlaxseedandVitaminB http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/09/one-foot-alone/#comment-1302 FlaxseedandVitaminB Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:25:58 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=742#comment-1302 PS. Please note that I am not accusing you of "bad parenting" but that this choice of words is sometimes what starts to crawl through my own head when I have pulled a late night and then have moments where lack of patience reigns and I regret it later. PS. Please note that I am not accusing you of “bad parenting” but that this choice of words is sometimes what starts to crawl through my own head when I have pulled a late night and then have moments where lack of patience reigns and I regret it later.

]]> By: FlaxseedandVitaminB http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/09/one-foot-alone/#comment-1301 FlaxseedandVitaminB Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:22:51 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=742#comment-1301 Hi Arwyn, I just wanted to drop you a line after happening upon your blog from a link from a link from a friend. I very very much sympathise with so many of the sentiments that you express here. I too, have been known to time shift as you do, to grab the chance to read, to think, to - make a difference... I too have experienced the fustrations linked to crabby mom emotions, and my sometimes descent or is it dissent into what might appear to be bad parenting. Although I have no good answer except to say that it is important to follow the strings that allow your soul to resonate with its life purpose, it is also good to realize however subtley it may be happening, that parenting is also now, one of those life purposes and it may resonate on a lower frequency kind of like elephants hum that they are able to communicate with each other from miles away using a frequency that is not audible by humans...and, for those times that you do stay up late, recognize, too that when your brain goes slower like that that lack of sleep it really is functioning at half capacity - some say lack of sleep is able to cause an almost state of drunkenness - but also what happens I believe... is that you begin to deplete your vitamin Bs... which are very much linked to mood swings and such like... Do the research. If you pull a late night, I would also remember to dose yourself in the morning with that and perhaps some excess calcium and magnesium (also linked to moods?) Which may help get you back on track later... and for the flaxseed - yum factors include the omegas which are healthy for brain functionings also. My prayers are with you that you may find the space and time to be creative at the same time continue on with the parenting flowingly... Hi Arwyn, I just wanted to drop you a line after happening upon your blog from a link from a link from a friend. I very very much sympathise with so many of the sentiments that you express here. I too, have been known to time shift as you do, to grab the chance to read, to think, to – make a difference…
I too have experienced the fustrations linked to crabby mom emotions, and my sometimes descent or is it dissent into what might appear to be bad parenting. Although I have no good answer except to say that it is important to follow the strings that allow your soul to resonate with its life purpose, it is also good to realize however subtley it may be happening, that parenting is also now, one of those life purposes and it may resonate on a lower frequency kind of like elephants hum that they are able to communicate with each other from miles away using a frequency that is not audible by humans…and, for those times that you do stay up late, recognize, too that when your brain goes slower like that that lack of sleep it really is functioning at half capacity – some say lack of sleep is able to cause an almost state of drunkenness – but also what happens I believe… is that you begin to deplete your vitamin Bs… which are very much linked to mood swings and such like… Do the research. If you pull a late night, I would also remember to dose yourself in the morning with that and perhaps some excess calcium and magnesium (also linked to moods?) Which may help get you back on track later… and for the flaxseed – yum factors include the omegas which are healthy for brain functionings also. My prayers are with you that you may find the space and time to be creative at the same time continue on with the parenting flowingly…

]]> By: Arwyn http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/09/one-foot-alone/#comment-1288 Arwyn Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:15:34 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=742#comment-1288 Thank you all for your kind words. They've meant a lot to me over the past few days. I'm getting more sleep, though somewhat at the cost of blogging. But it will balance, I will find the balance again. I believe that, have to believe that, choose to believe that. And it does mean so much even just knowing there are those out there who care. Thank you. Thank you all for your kind words. They’ve meant a lot to me over the past few days.

I’m getting more sleep, though somewhat at the cost of blogging. But it will balance, I will find the balance again. I believe that, have to believe that, choose to believe that. And it does mean so much even just knowing there are those out there who care. Thank you.

]]> By: Gayle http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/09/one-foot-alone/#comment-1287 Gayle Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:10:42 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=742#comment-1287 I am also a time-shifter (hence my comments here, at a very late hour here, physically here at my computer, I mean). I learned this while going to school at night, while working at day, while being a mom, while being a partner, while being a daughter. I don't know whether to call it an addiction, with all of the dirty downs and glorious highs, or a passion, pure and noble and full of self-sacrifice. And every day I tell myself that I will stop, have a routine, be normal, but somehow I fail. I think you are strong, I think you balance well, but that you are not just standing on one foot, but juggling pins, scarves, cats (wink), maybe other things all at the same time. It's hard to tell someone so amazing to stop, but easy to tell her to take care of herself because we need people like her to be around for a long time. Maybe not a cycle of so-called normalcy but a world of taking care of your needs, (some short nights, some long ones) and building support around them. I am also a time-shifter (hence my comments here, at a very late hour here, physically here at my computer, I mean). I learned this while going to school at night, while working at day, while being a mom, while being a partner, while being a daughter. I don’t know whether to call it an addiction, with all of the dirty downs and glorious highs, or a passion, pure and noble and full of self-sacrifice. And every day I tell myself that I will stop, have a routine, be normal, but somehow I fail.

I think you are strong, I think you balance well, but that you are not just standing on one foot, but juggling pins, scarves, cats (wink), maybe other things all at the same time. It’s hard to tell someone so amazing to stop, but easy to tell her to take care of herself because we need people like her to be around for a long time. Maybe not a cycle of so-called normalcy but a world of taking care of your needs, (some short nights, some long ones) and building support around them.

]]> By: Susannah http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/2009/09/one-foot-alone/#comment-1268 Susannah Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:16:29 +0000 http://www.raisingmyboychick.com/?p=742#comment-1268 <3 Yes, yes, yes. My circumstances are not the same, but I understand. <3 <3 Yes, yes, yes. My circumstances are not the same, but I understand. <3

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