http://www.seagullfountain.com/2009/01/14/emancipating-myself-for-now/ online mother Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:38:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.seagullfountain.com/2009/01/14/emancipating-myself-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-27306 Bittersweet | What About Mom Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:48:00 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2698#comment-27306 [...] I got a message on Facebook today from an old friend, who, if I had not ended our relationship thirteen years ago, I wouldn’t be in this life I have here. I wouldn’t curl myself up next to Dick every night. I wouldn’t read Mr. Fine Porcupine with Spot or play tooth fairy for Sally or cuddle a cranky Susan. I don’t think I’d be a church-goer. My grandma wouldn’t be reading my blog. [...] [...] I got a message on Facebook today from an old friend, who, if I had not ended our relationship thirteen years ago, I wouldn’t be in this life I have here. I wouldn’t curl myself up next to Dick every night. I wouldn’t read Mr. Fine Porcupine with Spot or play tooth fairy for Sally or cuddle a cranky Susan. I don’t think I’d be a church-goer. My grandma wouldn’t be reading my blog. [...]

]]> http://www.seagullfountain.com/2009/01/14/emancipating-myself-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-23334 Why Comments Matter | What About Mom Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:03:34 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2698#comment-23334 [...] blogging, I tried to circumvent the whole external validation thing by turning off comments. Because I don’t want to need anything outside myself. I want to be like those mothers, and [...] [...] blogging, I tried to circumvent the whole external validation thing by turning off comments. Because I don’t want to need anything outside myself. I want to be like those mothers, and [...]

]]> http://www.seagullfountain.com/2009/01/14/emancipating-myself-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-23041 “Dazzlingly clever, stunningly beautiful, or angelically good?” | What About Mom Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:42:08 +0000 http://www.seagullfountain.com/?p=2698#comment-23041 [...] you mine, but I don’t want to influence you. Okay. The other week I was throwing a bit of a bloggy-comment-tantrum. I felt underappreciated and misunderstood, which should be a song, if it isn’t [...] [...] you mine, but I don’t want to influence you. Okay. The other week I was throwing a bit of a bloggy-comment-tantrum. I felt underappreciated and misunderstood, which should be a song, if it isn’t [...]

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