Comments on: Planting seeds on my first real day of summer http://www.mojomom.com/2010/07/19/planting-seeds-on-my-first-real-day-of-summer/ Inspiration and resources for mothers of reinvention Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:43:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim Simmons http://www.mojomom.com/2010/07/19/planting-seeds-on-my-first-real-day-of-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Kim Simmons Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:57:38 +0000 http://www.mojomom.com/?p=1970#comment-320 Amy --- I'm with you... just turned 40 and my kids don't quite need me in the ways they did before. I think it is interesting to consider how to stay political about motherhood and help care for younger mother's without co-opting their experiences... I guess it goes back to core community organizing. Anyway, I love your voice and hope it stays public and political! Amy — I’m with you… just turned 40 and my kids don’t quite need me in the ways they did before. I think it is interesting to consider how to stay political about motherhood and help care for younger mother’s without co-opting their experiences… I guess it goes back to core community organizing. Anyway, I love your voice and hope it stays public and political!

]]> By: Amy Tiemann http://www.mojomom.com/2010/07/19/planting-seeds-on-my-first-real-day-of-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Amy Tiemann Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:46:53 +0000 http://www.mojomom.com/?p=1970#comment-317 I can't tell you how synchronistic your blog post was, at least the newsletter delivering it to me this morning. I felt the ripples connecting Chapel Hill and Uruguay! I had just been talking with a friend about the fact that I need to move forward in my interests. A lot of it has to do with my daughter growing up--I am growing, too. I think my readers will like where I am headed next. I have thought a lot about it but am not ready to share quite yet. The next three weeks are about nurturing that dream before anyone even knows about it. That is a tender and precious time! Maya, thank you for being courageous about your own development because your words gave me a boost at an important time. I can’t tell you how synchronistic your blog post was, at least the newsletter delivering it to me this morning. I felt the ripples connecting Chapel Hill and Uruguay! I had just been talking with a friend about the fact that I need to move forward in my interests. A lot of it has to do with my daughter growing up–I am growing, too. I think my readers will like where I am headed next. I have thought a lot about it but am not ready to share quite yet. The next three weeks are about nurturing that dream before anyone even knows about it. That is a tender and precious time!

Maya, thank you for being courageous about your own development because your words gave me a boost at an important time.

]]> By: Maya Frost http://www.mojomom.com/2010/07/19/planting-seeds-on-my-first-real-day-of-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Maya Frost Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:25:19 +0000 http://www.mojomom.com/?p=1970#comment-316 Amy, I am was so touched and thrilled to read this post. Yes, not only is it possible for us to move on, it is essential. As mothers, this is something we learn from watching our children grow and change and ultimately, from experiencing their launch into rich, full lives of their own. Every day, we model for our children what is most important to us, and slowing down, rethinking, playing and resting are absolutely critical for our families and our own development. It's easy to get caught up in the "what next?" busyness and the urgency to leverage or capitalize or maximize upon what we have already built. But sometimes the smartest and most fulfilling thing we can do is to step back and see that we have already planted some powerful seeds, and they are growing in their own way and delighting people we will never know without much nurturing from us--much like grown children. We still get enormous satisfaction and joy from what has been sown in the past, but our energy is not needed in the same way. From that, we find strength to move forward, to plant new seeds and to see what sprouts in exciting and surprising ways. Happy planting to you, dear Amy! I look forward to hearing about what emerges. Love, Maya Amy,

I am was so touched and thrilled to read this post. Yes, not only is it possible for us to move on, it is essential. As mothers, this is something we learn from watching our children grow and change and ultimately, from experiencing their launch into rich, full lives of their own. Every day, we model for our children what is most important to us, and slowing down, rethinking, playing and resting are absolutely critical for our families and our own development.

It’s easy to get caught up in the “what next?” busyness and the urgency to leverage or capitalize or maximize upon what we have already built. But sometimes the smartest and most fulfilling thing we can do is to step back and see that we have already planted some powerful seeds, and they are growing in their own way and delighting people we will never know without much nurturing from us–much like grown children. We still get enormous satisfaction and joy from what has been sown in the past, but our energy is not needed in the same way. From that, we find strength to move forward, to plant new seeds and to see what sprouts in exciting and surprising ways.

Happy planting to you, dear Amy! I look forward to hearing about what emerges.

Love,
Maya

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