Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger people! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God. Phillips Brooks

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Suckified Mothering

Mrs. G posted this and this post is a response.
Yes, despite the fact that my kids seem to be turning out to be awesome human beings, I have to admit that I am guilty of some seriously suckified mothering. Allow me to share a few of my more lurid mothering moments.
1. I was on the phone. The phone was one of those fancy, Victorian mothers with the French Provincial coloring, the huge receiver, the gigantic, fancy box.


Something like that one. Well, I was talking on it and my toddler was trying to get my attention. He (accidentally) knocked the phone into my teeth, pretty hard, and I accidentally slapped him with the flat of my hand upside his head. Pretty hard. Hard enough to knock him down. Hard enough that his Razor Strop Toting father broke down into a conniption fit right then and there. Yes, judgers, I felt like shit. I still feel like shit. But I did it and I am not proud.
Then there was this.
Yes, that's a digeridoo not a...well, it's not my husband. The man is my husband. Oh never mind. Yes, that's my daughter laughing in the background. Even worse, her fiance took the picture. EVEN WORSE THAN THAT: It's my daughter's fiance's digeridoo!
Yes. We were drunk. And if THAT ^ is not *Suckified* parenting, I don't know what is!
Posted by Cerwydwyn at 3:29 PM
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3 comments:

Mrs. G. said...

I will never look at a digeridoo the same way again. I think I would like to take you out for a drink. Thanks for that laugh!

September 6, 2008 4:23 PM
Eli said...

you forgot to mention that your (at the time) 6 year old daughter and 7 year old "niece" were sitting right beside me!

September 6, 2008 7:10 PM
melina said...

Can I get a witness in the haaaaaawwwwwwsssssss? I thought you played rather well, love. ;-)

September 20, 2008 9:12 PM

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I believe that we should be reasonable in what we expect of ourselves. Eating is not a black and white issue, it is about eating foods that we enjoy and which nourish us and our families. I used to love to cook. I don't love it so much any more and I am always looking for things to feed my family that are nutrient dense, flavor filled and easy. The simplest things I've found come wrapped in apple skins or orange peels. For things that we enjoy and which require a bit more prep than a rinse or a peeling, I will share my recipes--created here and found elsewhere--for good food.
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>Do your best and forgive yourself for not being perfect. Eating, feeding your family is SO not about perfection. It's about doing the best you can most of the time and being happy that you're eating, even if it's Taco Bell, the times you just don't have the oomph! to prep a great meal.
>I believe in limiting fat but do not eat low or non-fat foods.
>If I want something sweet, I'll try fruit or hot tea with honey but if nothing will work but ice cream or a Milky Way bar. I eat that. Not a gallon of ice cream but a small cup. Not a King Sized bar, a tiny one.
>I try to purchase chemical free foods.
>I have an issue with the word organic now that it's government controlled...but I do still purchase organic food.
>I try to source my foods locally. I buy beef from a local cattle farmer. The veggie stand down the road gets a good portion of their summer income stream from my family.
>I grow food at home. We have laying hens and a garden. We have lambs. My husband hunts. We do what we can.
>I strongly believe that eating food in a form that is as close as possible to the way it grew from the earth is the best way to nourish our bodies.
>I believe that sometimes the most nourishing way sometimes just has to make room for experimentation, flavor and fun.
If you're anywhere near on the same page, you may enjoy some of the recipes I have to share.