Great post by JCK over here at Motherscribe … very closet to my own heart. It’s called “Motherhood and Identity…is it a crisis?”, and to give you a taste ...
There is a definitive link between being a mother and the risk of losing one’s self. I’d like to flip that around. Being a mother and the risk of finding oneself.
What a great line: the risk of finding oneself. It’s a hopeful thought, and a very real risk. I’ve been going through a bit of an identity furnace the last few days, thanks to some heavy conversations. Mothering has intensified some of my strongest traits (control freak), and blown some others out of the water (patience, anyone?). It’s made me confront some of my demons, and I’m not so comfortable with that. I’m glad though, and I’m going to chew on this one a bit more.