mothering outside the mainstream

here is my space, my real space, where i will write from my heart and mind about my daily life as a mother, which has become an inextricable facet of my identity, and one i am proud to embrace. being a mother has galvanized me and i need a place to process my thoughts and feelings, from the mundane to the profound. this will be that place. my life is caring for my self, my family, my home. my work life is caring for others, my clients who at this time are adolescent drug users. my passions are almost all connected to something listed here. i am trying to incorporate more self care, because honestly, i went back and edited that sentence up there when i realized i had actually written “home” before “self”. i love my family and my home and probably even my career more than i love my actual self, and that is the real underlying hope of this blog; that i might uncover why i have a hard time treating myself as well as i treat others.

that, and to keep track of my life. my pictures of my boy, recipes, lists, epiphanies, rants, ya know, all of that.