The World According to Mom
I've been tagged by my Shutter Sister Irene!
5 Things I Love About Being A Mom
1) Looking into those big brown eyes. My grandfather used to call me puppy eyes when I was her age, and I think he probably would have said the same of her.
2) Discovering the things we both enjoy, such as climbing chain link fences or peanut butter & jelly sandwiches or kitty cats or my mom's cooking. Although, the climbing fences thing was probably more applicable to me as a kid.
3) Catching her in one of those really thoughful poses and wondering what the heck goes on in that 4 1/2 year old brain of her.
4) Seeing how much Cadence loves her little friends. She's had pretty much the same friends the past 3.5 years of her life, and it's been cool watching them grow up together, literally. Plus, some of her friends' moms have been my biggest support, and I probably would like motherhood a lot less if it weren't for them.
5) Feeling the soft warmth of her cheeks next to mine and knowing that she's perfectly happy right there and then.
Granted, I don't always love being a mom, and I don't love being a mom to Cadence specifically every now and then, so I guess this was a good exercise for me to go through.
This is part of Her Bad Mother's Around the World in 80 Clicks project. If you're a mom and want to participate, please do so! I've already sort of tagged Melissa on Facebook, and now I tag Toni, Kelly and YOU!
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Also, I'm excited to announce that I am now a contributing (photo)blogger for Kimchi Mamas, a collaborative blog written by mothers of kids who are of Korean American heritage. You can check out my intro here. Thankfully, they've asked me to contribute mainly photos, which is a relief to me since I tend to get finger-tied when it comes to typing out posts that contain words. That's why I gave up on my mommyblog.
I'm excited about this opportunity, as I highly respect all the contributors to the Kimchi Mama community, and some of my favorite and oldest blogger friends are other Kimchi Mamas. If you are a Kimchi Mama yourself, check us out!
Friday, April 10, 2009 at 2:00AM | Permalink | in Cadence, Kimchi Mamas, Me, Parenting tagged blogging, cadence, her bad mother, kimchi mamas, memories, momster, motherhood 
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Reader Comments (8)
Wonderful photos, Sarah! Love the one of Cadence climbing the fence. Oh man, you are going to make me think, aren't you? :P This should be fun - I'll try to have mine up tomorrow. Thanks for tagging me!
What a sweet mother-daughter shot.
lovely post.
Beautiful photos!!!
I love reading kimchi mama posts and am glad i will see you there too
I *heart* this post... you are the kind of mom I want to be when I grow up.
Hi Sarah - thank you for the tag - I finally got to it! This was really good for me to just sit down and think about. I appreciated the opportunity!
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