![]() ![]() In our society, speaking up about the challenges and difficulties of motherhood is not commonplace. Your new identity as a mother can be all-consuming and, for a time, you may lose touch with your pre-mother self. ![]() When you give birth, you not only deliver a baby, but you give birth to a family. Tania Elfersy and Andrea Katzman, authors of the groundbreaking new book about motherhood Purple Leaves, Red Cherries, write, “Mothering is so often invisible we rarely noticed it before we ourselves became mothers… Looking back, we now understand that becoming a mother required a radical reinvention we not only held a new baby, we owned a new identity.” As a mom, you work hard all day caring for your newborn infant, but when someone asks, “What did you do all day?” how do you answer? Saying, “I fed my baby, changed diapers and scrubbed gallons of vomit off the couch” just doesn’t quite sum it up. The work of a mother is never done and yet it is one of the most unnoticed jobs out there. Becoming invisibleĪt the same time as I was grappling with my new responsibilities and concerns as a mom, I began to realize that motherhood is an invisible job. My former worries and concerns seemed superfluous by comparison. Suddenly, the responsibility of taking care of another human being weighed heavily on my shoulders. I wasn’t a frivolous person, but I definitely put serious thought into decisions like, “Which nail polish color is going to look best with my tan?” and “Do Ugg boots go with skinny jeans?” When I became a mother, everything changed. But becoming a parent also requires a revolutionary change in the way you not only live your day-to-day life, but alters your very identity as a person.īefore I had kids, I lived my life for myself. Raising children brings new meaning to every moment of your life and depth to your experience as a human being. Becoming a mother is a wonderful, exhilarating experience. ![]()
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