It was around 5am when I felt the rhythmic achings of contractions. I smiled to myself. I knew what these were because I had been here before. Tingles ran through me, to think of my baby girl announcing that she was on her way. I said a quiet “Thank you, baby.” She had given me a full night’s rest for...
Sara is a wife and mother to two toddlers as well as a school-based speech and language pathologist. Sara's two primary roles as mother and clinician inform one another, as she applies her language expertise to parenting and her responsive parenting approach to her work. The following is Sara's objective: the way we interact with and understand our children and students should be individualized with care, in the hope of raising and teaching resilient, confident and empathetic little humans. No doubt this objective is mentally and emotionally taxing, especially late at night, or during a meltdown, or when mediating a conflict between siblings or peers. These challenges are what makes us who we are: strong mothers determined to try our best doing the most important work of all... mothering.
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A Mother's Reflections on her Daughter's First Birthday
Skylar Let me paint a picture for you of my daughter. To see Skylar is to see the biggest, glittery eyes you have ever seen. They are love marbles. They light up constantly, especially when my son is around. And during breakfast. She has light brown hair that is starting to curl around her ears and at the nape of...