"Mothers are all slightly insane," Holden Caulfield says at one point in The Catcher in the Rye. I always knew what he meant. It was never a quote that I puzzled over. In five words, he nailed it.
I can’t help wondering if mothers knew exactly what they were getting into when they got pregnant and then when they give birth, if they’d still go through with it. I wonder if they knew the joy that goes along with the pain and worry, if they’d still choose to get pregnant. It’s not a job for the faint of heart. In fact, it’s downright heroic.
You echo my feelings for my mother, divorcing in a time women simply didn’t… struggling to survive and give me the best she could, succeeding overwhelmingly in that, and then raising herself to a PhD level after starting her life divorced with a newborn, serving coffee at the train station for money to live. I didn’t acknowledge her properly either, but I know she is a triumphant spirit right now still teaching me truth and wisdom 🦋
Thank you so much for these words, Marty. It was different back then, wasn't it? It was harder. What can we do but acknowledge that? I see you write that you edited French Dirt. Please explain! Richard
Hahaa! Sorry, I wrote a comment, and I guess I didn’t see the little box to write in! You can send me an email address, or I will simply explain when I see you at the BWW meeting.Marty
I can’t help wondering if mothers knew exactly what they were getting into when they got pregnant and then when they give birth, if they’d still go through with it. I wonder if they knew the joy that goes along with the pain and worry, if they’d still choose to get pregnant. It’s not a job for the faint of heart. In fact, it’s downright heroic.
I completely agree, Charles. Heroic.
You echo my feelings for my mother, divorcing in a time women simply didn’t… struggling to survive and give me the best she could, succeeding overwhelmingly in that, and then raising herself to a PhD level after starting her life divorced with a newborn, serving coffee at the train station for money to live. I didn’t acknowledge her properly either, but I know she is a triumphant spirit right now still teaching me truth and wisdom 🦋
Marty BWW
Thank you so much for these words, Marty. It was different back then, wasn't it? It was harder. What can we do but acknowledge that? I see you write that you edited French Dirt. Please explain! Richard
Hahaa! Sorry, I wrote a comment, and I guess I didn’t see the little box to write in! You can send me an email address, or I will simply explain when I see you at the BWW meeting.Marty
You can write me at richardgoodman711@gmail.com--or we can talk at the meeting!
Lovely Rich. Really lovely.
Thanks, AJ. Glad you like it.