a busy mom
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A Mother's Journey - Guided Journal by Kathy Davis I found this guided journal at an office supply store. I like the idea behind the journal. Each page prompts you for different thoughts, ideas, feelings, memories, and more. It was the last one left. I didn't think it twice and grabbed it. I never really thought about using the journal itself because I do not want to carry more than one notebook. I just fell in love with the idea behind it and thought I could incorporate it to my bullet journal in the shape of collections.
I was holding this tiny human being in my arms, who was also sound asleep against my chest, and I could not stop thinking that this was a separate individual from me. She was going to have her own dreams, her own aspirations, talents, skills, limits, desires, thoughts... She was mine, but she was separate from me, dependent of me at that point of her life and for some years, but completely separate individual from me. She was her own little person already. It is hard as a parent sometimes to think of your children as something, someone, separate from you. Half their DNA is yours (or maybe more than half; I'm not an expert in the subject, of course.) But the point is that we don't really own them. I immediately started to think that a huge responsibility has been laid upon me. I realized that I was responsible for this human being to become her full potential. She is not meant to live my dreams. She's supposed to live and build her own ones and I'm only there to guide her. I can't dictate to her what to do. I can only teach her values and morals and even so, she will still have the freedom to forego all my teachings if she chooses to one day. And I will have to accept that, whether I like it or not. Either way, now thanks to the guided journal and bullet journalling, I can ultimately write all these thoughts down and more and maybe share with her one day. Time is fleeting and it is very easy to forget things, most especially when we are so tired from giving birth, feeding in the middle of the night, running with potties, and so much more. By the time our children could become parents themselves and if they choose to come to us for advise or just to share our own experiences bringing them up, we may have forgotten. Why not start today to save some of those thoughts, memories, and even fears and concerns? Here's the list of 16 ideas within this guided journal. I hope it will inspire you to create your own collection of memories to share with your children one day.
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