Comments on: My Dark Places http://coolmom.com/2008/08/07/my-dark-places/ parents don't know what they are doing anyway, might as well laugh about it Wed, 16 May 2012 20:57:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Daphne http://coolmom.com/2008/08/07/my-dark-places/#comment-496 Daphne Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:04:18 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=322#comment-496 Amy, thanks for saying I am not alone! I will remember that at 4:30am. Been walking up too much lately and doing my worry beads in my head. I hear you that it would be less scary if your kids are launched. Of course, I still want my mommy. It's part of the problem that my husband and I aren't young parents. I worry more! Yes, you can have a heart attack so fast with stuff like that. Amy, thanks for saying I am not alone! I will remember that at 4:30am. Been walking up too much lately and doing my worry beads in my head. I hear you that it would be less scary if your kids are launched. Of course, I still want my mommy. It’s part of the problem that my husband and I aren’t young parents. I worry more!

Yes, you can have a heart attack so fast with stuff like that.

]]> By: Sugar http://coolmom.com/2008/08/07/my-dark-places/#comment-476 Sugar Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:16:58 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=322#comment-476 I think that life before children is so simple. It's easy to worry, or not, about yourself. Watch for broken glass, safely cross a busy street , swim in the ocean... all without a care in the world. Today we were at the beach. So much fun. But at one point, after looking away for the infamous "two seconds," we lost sight of my son. We bolted up and started jumping in the waves only to see him about five yards over chasing a bird. He's not a baby. He can handle being tossed by a wave. And we were not far nor had we looked away very long, which is why he wasn't lost lost. That feeling... caring... a LOT... about another human and their safety... that feeling just makes it impossible to imagine the inhumanity of the monsters of this world. I think that life before children is so simple. It’s easy to worry, or not, about yourself. Watch for broken glass, safely cross a busy street , swim in the ocean… all without a care in the world.

Today we were at the beach. So much fun. But at one point, after looking away for the infamous “two seconds,” we lost sight of my son. We bolted up and started jumping in the waves only to see him about five yards over chasing a bird. He’s not a baby. He can handle being tossed by a wave. And we were not far nor had we looked away very long, which is why he wasn’t lost lost.

That feeling… caring… a LOT… about another human and their safety… that feeling just makes it impossible to imagine the inhumanity of the monsters of this world.

]]> By: amyz5 http://coolmom.com/2008/08/07/my-dark-places/#comment-475 amyz5 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:02:33 +0000 http://coolmom.com/?p=322#comment-475 wow. amazing how motherhood does that to you. i had the same reaction to that article. i was just saying to a friend the other day how i have tied my mortality for so many years to being a mom and not being able to bear the thought of leaving behind my kids. now that they are getting older, i have to be honest, the fear is not as great. don't get me wrong, it is not like i want to check out real soon or anything, it is just not as horrifying a thought now that i have left my mark on them. don't worry daph, we all have that dark place. wait, maybe it is just you and me ; ) wow. amazing how motherhood does that to you. i had the same reaction to that article.

i was just saying to a friend the other day how i have tied my mortality for so many years to being a mom and not being able to bear the thought of leaving behind my kids. now that they are getting older, i have to be honest, the fear is not as great. don’t get me wrong, it is not like i want to check out real soon or anything, it is just not as horrifying a thought now that i have left my mark on them.

don’t worry daph, we all have that dark place.

wait, maybe it is just you and me ; )

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