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This is refreshing to read: that parents can be individuals as well, outside of their family roles, and share it with family anyway. :-)

I'm a fellow piano player who also started out when she was five; who stuck with it with the help of my mother who also wouldn't let me quick; and who is trying to stick with it for as long as possible.

I find most of the "Mom" blogs out there fairly mundane, but yours hits a spot. I hope you keep on writing.

By  Arethusa, at 2:42 AM  

It does come back -- gradually at first, and then *whoosh*! *grin*

I have been through this twice. I raised two kids to adulthood, became a grandma, and then had another baby. It took a while for the "Misti" to come back the first time. I can't say for sure that she was back until the younger one was five or so.

Oddly, this time I never quite lost her, though it was tenuous for the first 18 months.

Congratulations! It's important to keep our selves. We have so much more to teach our kids than we can as "uber-Mommy". ;)

Misti
As Jack Grows

By  Anonymous, at 10:40 AM  

The rest of who you are comes back as the little ones get older. My boys are now 12 and 13. The ages bring different challenges, but I have more time to be more than just Mommy now than I did ten years ago.

Suzi at www.myownthoughts.com

By  Anonymous, at 7:16 PM  

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